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Snake-hunters take note: Authorities are expanding Florida's next public hunt for invasive Burmese pythons into Everglades National Park.

Since 2013, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has involved the public in fighting the invasive Burmese python. But the animal rights group PETA...

In Indonesia's Aceh province, efforts to rebuild after the Indian Ocean tsunami are underway. In many parts of the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, the water and the electricity are back. In certain parts of Banda Aceh, you would not know the city had been struck by a tsunami. But in the worst affected areas, reconstruction programs have a long way to go.

Researchers who challenged video evidence supporting the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker have withdrawn their challenge. They say sound recordings confirm that the long-lost birds are living in an Arkansas swamp.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for his political life heading to elections in March. But first he has to pass Thursday's hurdle: a party primary.

Barack Obama has been sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. In his speech, the new president acknowledged that the country faced many challenges, but said he was confident they would be met. He also promised a new start with the Muslim world.

"We're scared of coronavirus and we don't know what God has written for us," says an aid worker. "The precautions being taken here are very little and very weak."

NPR's Scott Simon asks Morgan State University President David Wilson about the challenges historically black colleges and universities have accessing funding for facilities and infrastructure.

Exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says he will challenge President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in elections this fall, even as Musharraf considers a power-sharing agreement with another rival that would have him stepping down as head of the army.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to writer Susan Soper, creator of "The ObitKit" about the challenges of writing someone's obituary.