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Delegates to a United Nations wildlife conference have agreed to ease a 13-year-old global ban on ivory trading. The decision is a victory for southern African nations, but conservationists see it as a defeat for elephants. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

A little girl lost her beloved teddy bear in Glacier National Park in 2020. With the help of a family friend and a bear-loving park ranger, the two reunited one year later.

NPR's Scott Simon marks the passing of Max Cleland, who was a U.S. Army captain and senator from Georgia.

The eye of Hurricane Dennis came ashore just east of Pensacola, Fla., Sunday afternoon. Once a Category 4 storm, Dennis packed winds of 120 miles per hour when it hit. Sandra Averhart of WUWF in Pensacola reports.

For Cecilia Munoz, a childhood memory of anger has inspired a career in activism. She believes that early outrage fuels her work on behalf Hispanic immigrants for the National Council of La Raza.

Hundreds of songs have been written about New Orleans and Louisiana. One that's been played frequently in recent days has a special poignancy. Singer-songwriter Randy Newman talks about his song, "Louisiana 1927."

Weeks of rain have brought on mudslides throughout Central America. Guatemala is the hardest hit country with more than 600 people dead and hundreds more missing.

The White House's strategy to reverse dramatic declines in bee numbers calls for the restoration of 7 million acres of bee-friendly habitat. Critics say the plan ignores a key culprit: pesticides.

Seventy years ago this spring, university students all across Germany burned books deemed contrary to Nazi ideology. NPR's Emily Harris reports on the lifelong pursuit of a German war veteran to restore a literary legacy that was nearly lost. See archive photos from the book-burning rallies, and hear one witness recount what he saw at a 1933 rally in Berlin.

Two mothers whose sons were killed during the first Gulf War talk about how they became friends after their sons died. The past 22 years would have been tough without the friendship, because, as one tells the other, "what's in our hearts we share."