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  • Waiting may be hard, but it's worth it.
    Hospitals Clamp Down On Early Elective Births
    Pressure on doctors and hospitals to reduce the rate of early elective deliveries appears to be working. A detailed look at hospitals across the country finds births before 39 weeks are on the decline.
  • Education Secretary To Be Named Tuesday
    President-elect Barack Obama is said to have chosen Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan to serve as education secretary. Duncan has run the country's third-biggest school district for the past seven years. He has focused on improving struggling schools, closing those that fail and getting better teachers.
  • Helping to get food to many in Southwest Florida who may not have enough is the goal of the 31st Stamp Out Food Drive being held on Saturday and the National Association of Letter Carriers event provides a convenient way to donate. On Saturday, residents are encouraged to leave donations of non-perishable food items next to their mailboxes that will be collected by mail carriers along their regular postal delivery routes. Food collected in Lee County will be distributed by Harry Chapin Food Bank and other participating agencies.
    Stamp Out Hunger drive helps collect food via mail carriers
    Helping get food to many in Southwest Florida who may not have enough is the goal of the 31st Stamp Out Food Drive being held on Saturday and the National Association of Letter Carriers event provides a convenient way to donate.On Saturday, residents are encouraged to leave donations of non-perishable food items next to their mailboxes to be collected by mail carriers along their regular postal delivery routes. Food collected in Lee County will be distributed by the Harry Chapin Food Bank and other participating agencies.
  • Volunteers with Adventures in Missions carry material into a home that's being rebuilt in Harlem Heights. Some men from Virginia came back for a second round of work in the community that was devastated in Hurricane Ian.
    People on a mission put faith into helping rebuild Harlem Heights
    A volunteer group is committing another seven months to rebuilding homes in the Harlem Heights community, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Ian. Adventures in Missions, a Christian-based group in Georgia, helps the needy all over the world. It's sending more volunteers to the lower-income neighborhood in Lee County.
  • The Anglo Irish Bank logo is pictured on a computer screen in London. Ireland warned on Thursday that the state rescue of Anglo Irish Bank could cost 34.3 billion euros, pushing the public deficit up to 32 percent of economic output this year. The potential rescue bill, equivalent to 46.6 billion dollars, is roughly the same as Ireland's annual taxation revenues. 
    In Ireland, The Death Of 'The Celtic Tiger' Leads To Anger, Populist Uproar
    It will cost Ireland almost $70 billion to bail out the country's banks. Now, as the country grapples with that cost, many Irish are upset about how far their economy has fallen.
  • Manatees can be hard to see even just underwater so boaters are encouraged to go slow, especially in Lee County that leads the state with 104 sea cow deaths so far this year
    Manatees on the move; boaters asked to slow down and watch out for the sea cows
    It is Manatee Awareness month in November, poignant in particular in Lee County, which leads Florida with more than 100 sea cow deaths so far this year
  • In a rarity, a green sea turtle appears to have survived for a year in a freshwater pond near Tarpon Cove. If not placed there recently, the turtle as a hatchling was possibly swept inland by Hurricane Ian in September 2022 and found a way to survive in the freshwater. After a check-up, the turtle was released into a nearby saltwater estuary
    Juvenile green sea turtle, perhaps blown inland by Hurricane Ian, found thriving in freshwater pond
    Young green sea turtle found in a freshwater retention pond near RV park in Fort Myers.The discovery of the year-old sea turtle matches one-year mark since Hurricane Ian
  • Hope in Pakistan Gives Way to Reality
    Two months after the Pakistani government was installed, the euphoria has vanished. The political elite are still arguing and the people on the streets have seen little improvement in their lives or the departure of President Pervez Musharraf.
  • Remote areas of Afghanistan in crisis after a series of severe earthquakes
    A series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan have killed more than 2,000 people, according to government officials. We get an update from Fazel Qazizai, who has long worked with NPR in Afghanistan.
  • Decimated Tower Remains As Monument To Gaza War
    The 17-story shard of an apartment building, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, looms over a Gaza City neighborhood. The tower is a symbol of the ongoing, dangerous uncertainties of life late in the second month of the war between Israel and Hamas.
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