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NPR's Ann Cooper reports that the new U-N Secretary General, Kofi Annan (KOH-fee AH'-nan), today met with President Clinton and the new leader of his foreign policy team, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Annan is also talking with a longtime critic of the United Nations, Republican Senator Jesse Helms, in an effort to restore U-S confidence in the U-N and convince Washington to pay its back dues to the organization.

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) says the United States needs to get out of Iraq as soon as possible. He has a withdrawal plan, which he outlines in this essay.

Today, combining ethnic and environmental studies is nurturing belonging in two San Francisco schools. Then, an immersive play embodies an important moment of trans history.

NPR'S Margot Adler reports that there are more tourists in New York City than ever before. Thirty million so far this year, one million just for Christmas week. Traffic too seems more congested. While there are some obvious explanations for the surge...like crime is down and the economy is up... nobody is certain just why the city has become such a tourist sensation.

Oil production in the tar sands of Canada is increasing as the demand for crude in the United States rises. The production of synthetic crude may meet U.S. needs, but it comes at a cost.

While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves.

A daughter remembers her father who was killed in the Pulse nightclub mass shooting 10 years ago.

Over a month after the Ebola outbreak was declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and aid is beginning to arrive but too slowly, as officials warn of "brutal geographic expansion" of the virus.

At Free Shakespeare in the Park in New York, real weddings are happening every night after a production of Romeo and Juliet. But don't those characters die?

With judicial clerkships and internships coveted by law programs, a group of Emory Law School students asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the judiciary's system for policing its own bad behavior.

President Bush nominates veteran investment banker William Donaldson to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Donaldson's selection comes just a day after the president announced railroad executive John Snow as his choice for treasury secretary. NPR's Jack Speer and Scott Horsley report.

Scottish soccer fans have taken over Boston to watch the World Cup. The Tartan Army, as they are called, brought their Scottish traditions with them: Kilts, bagpipes and lots of drinking.