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San Francisco's library system has hired a full-time social worker to help find housing and other services for the homeless men and women who've set up camp among the stacks.

Students at a Melbourne, Fla., elementary school were offered trail mix and Mountain Dew on the morning of standardized tests. A grandmother got the school to stop.

Residents in Ontario called police when they spotted a bear bumbling down the street. It was unable to see where it was going because of a large birdseed jar stuck on its head.

State Department spokesman Ned Price said consular officials were granted access to the basketball star on Wednesday. He added that she is in good condition.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Briana Lawrence, a fandom editor at The Mary Sue, on the lasting cultural impart of the show 'Sailor Moon,' which premiered in Japan 30 years ago this month.

March Madness is hitting a fever pitch, as only the last "Sweet 16" teams are left standing on the men's and women's brackets.

Leaders of NATO and the G7 will hold an emergency summit in Brussels to talk about the war in Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials are hoping for more than speeches — they want weapons and sanctions.

President Biden will travel to Brussels and Warsaw this week to meet with allies about support for Ukraine and their efforts to impose costs on Russia for invading Ukraine.

Steve Inskeep talks to Lee Bollinger, a former president at the University of Michigan, about Tuesday's ruling. Bollinger was president during two earlier landmark affirmative action cases.

Commentator Frank Deford considers a few athletic and cultural standards that have changed over the years.