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Dexter Filkins recently broke the story that top Afghan officials have been receiving bags of cash from Iran. The New York Times foreign correspondent tells Terry Gross that the situation in Afghanistan is becoming increasingly dire for both soldiers and journalists.

By Carrie PondPaducah, KY – Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife conservation officers say they've filed 421 criminal charges against people in eleven…

By Chris TaylorMurray, KY – Two Paris, Tennessee commercial fishermen are free on bond after being arrested earlier this month on several charges they…

By Gary Pitts/Paducah SunGilbertsville, KY – Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife officials are recommending a plan to combat the growing population…

The AP reports a man discovered a goldfinch on the ground. He wanted to take it to an animal shelter but had been drinking, so he called an Uber.

West Virginia's fledgling elk herd will get another boost from a recreation area in Kentucky.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the Tomblin Wildlife…

President Robert Mugabe made his first public statement about the lion, saying his compatriots must protect their country's natural resources from foreign "vandals."

Philip Reeves has been reporting in and out of Iraq over the past two years. Steve Inskeep talks to Reeves about his experience there, about the pre- and post-election atmosphere and about how the people of Iraq are slowly adjust to living in a war zone.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Natasha Gilbert of Type Investigations about how prescription drugs are showing up in large concentrations of waste water just downstream of pharmaceutical plants.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Rachel Abrams, a lawyer representing victims of sexual assault in lawsuits against rideshare company Lyft, which had over 4,000 reports of sexual assault in two years.