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Tanzania has one of the largest elephant populations in the world. It also has one of the biggest poaching problems. An estimated 10,000 elephants a year are being slaughtered for their tusks, many of which are shipped to Asia.

Jeffrey Herod, with the Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR), said the fish have been plaguing area waterways for decades after being brought into the area to control algae in wastewater treatment facilities.

Last November, the Red Cross handed high-level U.S. military officials in Iraq a harshly worded report describing abuses at Abu Ghraib, The Wall Street Journal reports. Sources tell the paper that military officials were skeptical of the report and seemed more concerned with restricting Red Cross access to the prison. Hear NPR's Steve Inkseep and Journal reporter Greg Jaffe.

From NPR: The Senate minority leader is up for re-election next year, and polling in his state shows his popularity is suffering. Some voters complain…

By Angela HattonMurray, KY – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet warns motorists to be extra-cautious about deer on the road in the next few months.…

The president spoke to Fox News today, addressing a new inspector general's report and tariffs against Chinese-made products. Rachel Martin discusses with NPR White House correspondent Scott Horsley.

The Labor Department is issuing its monthly report card on jobs and unemployment. The job market has been unusually tight, which is pushing up both wages and prices.

Two people who died on Feb. 26 were found to have had the coronavirus. They were residents of Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., which is considered to be the site of an outbreak.

Jeffrey Epstein was a wealthy financier, who was charged with paying dozens of girls over many years for sex. He died in a jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Report language accompanying the final FY 2012 Appropriations legislation asked the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to provide a report on…