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Companies are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve thousands of miles of pipelines from Appalachia. It's an agency that almost never says no.

An investigation into a dozen instructors at Lackland Air Force Base suggests systematic sexual abuse of trainees. Critics say this case is emblematic of a larger problem. The Department of Defense estimates that as many as 19,000 sexual assaults occurred within the military in 2011.

The shooting broke out during an attempt to arrest a man in a gas station who was suspected in a previous assault.

Inspired by Toumani Diabate, the classically trained South African guitarist performs songs originally written for the kora.

Phoebe Simmons of Boise, Ida., plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Listener Gloria Rear of Eugene, Ore. plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and Larry Otten from Sheridan, Ore.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz of The New York Times play the Sunday Puzzle with Shari Meyer of Sommerville, Mass.

Efrem Mallach plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

The closures start Tuesday night and run through Sept. 17. The U.S. Forest Service is citing the extraordinary risk of wildfires and forecasts that show the threat will only remain high.