Thousands of volunteers are racing to find survivors buried in the rubble after Tuesdays magnitude 7.1 earthquake. Mexico City and other communities to the south faced some of the worst damage, with the death toll in the hundreds. Here & Now s Jeremy Hobson gets the latest on rescue and recovery efforts from KJZZ Mexico City bureau correspondent  Jorge Valencia  ( @jorgeavalencia ). Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

President Trump issued disaster declarations for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after the passage of Hurricane Maria. Here & Now s Jeremy Hobson talks with U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp ( @govhouseusvi ) about the recovery effort there. Interview Highlights On the situation after Maria I had three islands St. John, St. Thomas and Water Island devastated by Hurricane Irma, and St. Croix was our base for restoration and recovery. And then here came Maria, and Maria decided,...

As the sun set Wednesday night, Jews around the world began observing Rosh Hashana. Here & Now s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Rabbi Jeremy Fine of the Temple of Aaron in St. Paul, Minnesota, about the Jewish New Years meaning and rituals. Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

When filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick began research for a 10-part PBS documentary on the Vietnam War, they thought they knew the material. After all, Burns was of draft age in 1970, though his draft number was too high for him to be called to serve. But as they began interviewing subjects and sorting through archival footage, Burns and Novick soon came to appreciate just how complicated the war was. "We went in, both of us, with this kind of arrogance about it, and immediately had that...

Power is out across all of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Marias passage. Here & Now s Robin Young talks with Miguel Santiago  ( @Johstean ) of Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico about what hes hearing and seeing. Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

When President Trump announced a ban on travel for citizens from several predominantly Muslim countries in January, a coalition of officials from various blue states quickly rallied to fight it. "We just started talking to each other Friday afternoon," recalls New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. "By Sunday morning, we had 17 states signed on to say, 'This is unconstitutional. We're going into court to stop it.' And we went into courts all over the country and eventually got it struck...

Updated at 11:55 p.m. ET The Equifax data breach exposed the personal information of an estimated 143 million Americans . It has led to a lawsuit against the company by the state of Massachusetts, an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and the promise of congressional hearings. The episode, though, has revealed that up until now, the big three credit reporting companies have had a lot of clout in Washington, D.C., analysts say. The credit reporting companies have to comply with...

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is under scrutiny for taking expensive charter planes for government travel. Here & Now s Jeremy Hobson takes a closer look with Politico reporter Dan Diamond ( @ddiamond ), host of the Pulse Check podcast. Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration is seeking a permit to allow new assessments of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuges oil potential. The administration is also eyeing another chunk of federal land for possible development just west of the refuge: the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The vast, remote area may not be as well known, but conservation groups say parts of the reserve are equally worth protecting. Elizabeth Harball ( @ElizHarball ) from Alaskas Energy Desk...

When the fourth-graders in Mrs. Marlem Diaz-Brown's class returned to school on Monday, they were tasked with writing their first essay of the year. The topic was familiar: Hurricane Irma. By Wednesday, they had worked out their introduction and evidence paragraphs and were brainstorming their personal experiences. To help them remember, Mrs. D-B had them draw out a timeline — starting Friday before the storm. Then, based on their drawings, they could start to talk about — and eventually,...

When 2-month-old Isaac Enrique Sanchez was diagnosed with pyloric stenosis, a condition that causes vomiting, dehydration and weight loss in infants , his parents were told that their son's condition was curable. The problem was that no hospital in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas had a pediatric surgery team capable of performing the operation on his stomach. To make Isaac well, Oscar and Irma Sanchez would need to take their infant son to Driscoll Children's Hospital, in Corpus Christi, Texas...