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Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., in July. Initial plans to remove the statue four years ago sparked the infamous Unite the Right rally where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed.

Charlottesville's statue of Robert E. Lee will soon be melted down into public art

The Swords Into Plowshares project, led by the Jefferson School American Heritage Center, a local Black-led nonprofit, involves the statute at the heart of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.

The book version of "2,000 Mules," the latest project from author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, was abruptly recalled due to an unspecified "error."

A publisher abruptly recalled the '2000 Mules' election denial book. NPR got a copy.

Due to an unspecified "publishing error," the conservative publisher Regnery recalled the book version of Dinesh D'Souza's widely debunked election denial film 2000 Mules. Here's what's inside.

LeCandice Durham, Lenny Lane and their children stand by the Tops parking lot entrance in Buffalo, N.Y., on Friday to welcome back customers and employees on opening day after the supermarket was closed after May's mass shooting.

Tops grocery store in Buffalo reopens to mixed reactions after mass shooting

The Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., where 10 people were killed in a racist mass shooting in May, reopened on Friday to mixed reactions in the community.

Elephants at a water pan in Hwange National Park in north western Zimbabwe. The sanctuary has a capacity for 15,000 elephants, but it currently hosts more than 45,000 according to ZimParks, the country's wildlife management authority.

Drought is driving elephants closer to people. The consequences can be deadly

Zimbabwe's elephant population is growing, but climate change makes rainfall unpredictable. Animals travel farther in search of water now and often end up clashing with villagers for scarce resources

Rudy Ramirez, candidate for mayor in the City of Chula Vista, holds a news conference on Feb. 10, 20220, about the city's handling of the Republic services trash strike.

Trash becomes political in Chula Vista mayoral race

One mayoral candidate criticized the city's handling of the strike. Another announced a credit for Republic customers in Chula Vista.

A Yemeni fighter backed by the Saudi-led coalition fires his weapon during clashes with Houthi rebels on the Kassara frontline near Marib, Yemen, Sunday, June 20, 2021.

Yemen's Houthis have launched two attacks against the U.A.E. — here's why

The attacks underscore how Yemen's civil war, which has ground on for over seven years, can flare into a regional danger.

Court papers and a phone device installed with a SmartLINK application sits on an unidentified interviewee’s couch at his home in San Diego on May 19, 2022. The application requires him to check in every Thursday.

ICE uses cellphones to track thousands in San Diego, Imperial counties

More than a third of immigrants with pending cases in San Diego & Imperial counties are being tracked by smartphone technology.

Baxter Black performs at Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival in Indio, California, in April 2010. The cowboy poet, former veterinarian and longtime <em>Morning Edition</em> commentator died on Friday at age 77.

Baxter Black, cowboy poet and 'Morning Edition' commentator, dies at 77

Black is being remembered for his commentary on a wide range of issues — from Thanksgiving turkeys to children's names to the Supreme Court — from the perspective of a Western farmer and rancher.

In this July 27, 2018 photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo.

With time ticking for climate action, Supreme Court limits ways to curb emissions

The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in a key environmental case, WV v. EPA, says the federal agency lacks authority to use greenhouse gas emissions caps to force fossil fuel power plants out of business.

SUV In Deadly Imperial Valley Crash Came Through Hole In Border Fence

Thirteen people killed in one of the deadliest border crashes on record were among 44 people who entered the U.S. through a hole cut into Southern California's border fence with Mexico, the Border Patrol said Wednesday.

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