Louise Schiavone

NPR's Maria Godoy looks at the evidence behind the hype.

Torrential rain is in the forecast for Jamaica as Tropical Storm Melissa is now a hurricane.

In Kingston, Jamaica, preparations for days of heavy rain and flooding are underway.

Vendors at Coronation Market were hurrying to sell and stock goods before the storm.

Diane Thompson sells herbs.

I'm a gardener, no problem.

I'm asking this morning to keep me from turning by the storm.

Because no matter what, we cannot manage it.

All you can do is survive, says fisherman Clive Davis.

After the storm, there must be a calm, so we all come together and do a clean up.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic are also in the path of the storm.

I'm Louise Schiavone and PR News.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

President Trump is headed to Malaysia to begin several days of meetings with regional leaders.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, the president said he would not say no to a meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

On another subject, the president was asked about military action directed at Venezuelan boats believed to be headed to the U.S.

with illegal drugs.

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford is being deployed to the Caribbean to join the dozens of ships and aircraft already in the region.

A federal appeals court has declined to review a panel ruling that weakens federal voting rights protections in seven states.

NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports.