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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is ramping up already tight security as bombings in Sharm el-Sheik escalate the nation's struggle with terrorists. Scores of people have already been detained.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, editor of the Black Agenda, about celebrating Juneteenth without misappropriating the holiday.

Despite some major roads still being washed out, three of the massive park's five entrances opened this morning, to lines hundreds of cars long.

"In recent weeks more people have been returning to Ukraine than leaving the country," according to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

Japan on Friday began accepting applications for tourists on guided package tours who're willing to follow mask-wearing and other preventative measures as the country cautiously reopens.

The coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains have long hidden some of the country's greatest natural resources. For residents of the regions, they've also inspired a uniquely American strain of music. A new two-CD collection presents 48 songs about coal mining.

Studies have shown that a significant number of people struggle to afford menstrual products, and going without can cause people to miss school or work.

The intensifying storm kept dropping copious rain over the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where a 58-year-old man died after police said he was swept away by a river in a central mountain town.

Clean-up is beginning in earnest in downtown Fort Myers, flooded by Hurricane Ian. Another restaurant is open, and people are clearing water-logged items from buildings. At the same time a man in North Fort Myers is warning looters to stay away from vacant and damaged homes.

But a state health department official said concerns remain about copper and lead levels in the city water. The official said people should continue to avoid using it to prepare baby formula.