Search results for

NPR's Guy Raz reports from the village of Konculj that the three-mile wide buffer zone along the border between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia is far from secure. Under the agreement that ended the Kosovo war, the border strip is off limits to both the Yugoslav Army and the NATO-led peacekeeping force. But ethnic Albanian guerrillas are taking advantage of that void. The rebels are stockpiling weapons in the buffer zone, using it as a staging ground for attacks on Serbian targets within the Presevo Valley Valley of Serbia proper. The militants are fighting to end Serbian rule in majority ethnic Albanian towns in the valley, and to annex the territory to Kosovo. Some residents of villages in the border zone say rebel patrols make them feel more secure from attacks by Serbian forces.

The trek of millions of Monarch butterflies from their breeding grounds in North America to central Mexico is one of nature's great mysteries, scientists say. But many in the area taken over from November to March see it as a mixed blessing.

Gen. Michael Hayden, President Bush's nominee to head the CIA, is a highly respected military man with extensive intelligence experience. But his past work was more grounded in the signal intelligence of the National Security Agency than the human intelligence he would oversee at the CIA.

Seventeen years after it was proposed and three years after ground was broken, the National World War II Memorial opens in Washington. NPR's Bob Edwards reports on the controversial project. See photos of the new memorial.

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been shuttling back and forth between Ohio and Texas, looking for votes in next week's contests. But a critical part of both campaigns takes place well away from the candidates themselves: It's the ground-campaign, involving thousands of volunteers.

Officials confirm at least two people on the small jet died. They'll search for more victims in daylight. The craft hit one residence, and set fire to another. No one on the ground is reported hurt.

Groundwater in southeastern Oregon is drying up. Farming, which uses a lot of that water, could decimate the region unless communities make drastic changes soon.

Joe Biden is out-polling President Trump in key states, and his fundraising has shot up. This is despite the fact that Biden rarely dominates the news cycle the way Trump does.

The immigration bill now under consideration by the Senate calls for drones to patrol the U.S. border 24/7. Supporters say that means more drones are needed. But critics argue there's no evidence the drones already flying are cost-effective.

Some sectors are thriving, while others continue to struggle, putting different people in vastly different situations. NPR is following four people who will help illustrate the arc of the recovery.