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The Clinton administration sent a message to the states today not to undermine the guiding principle of the new welfare reform law... moving welfare recipients into jobs. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to states, saying that they have some flexibility in using their own welfare funds for population groups the federal government would exclude. But the rules say, in most cases, states can not use their own funds to keep recipients on welfare beyond the 5-year time limit set by the federal law.

The Hawaii resident was charged with one count of intentionally disturbing wildlife after he tried to help a baby bison return to its herd. Park rangers later had to euthanize the abandoned animal.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on a Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll that finds more Americans than ever support public education, and reforming rather than changing the system. The annual poll finds for the first time that low funding for schools is listed as the number one problem. Poll respondents of both parties say that the federal government should give schools more money without no strings attached. They see Democrats as more friendly to public schools than Republicans in general, but they see Al Gore and George W. Bush as equally good for public schools.

Commentator Troy says public education in the U.S. is unfairly criticised by many. They aren't perfect, but public schools in the U.S. are enourmously successful against some heavy societal odds---good public schools just never seem to get the same attention as the bad ones.

Two Republican congressmen lashed out at Attorney General Janet Reno today for her handling of the 1993 FBI assault on the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas. Representatives Bill McCollum and Bill Zeliff, the co-chairmen of a special committee looking into the incident, say President Clinton should have accepted Reno's resignation. She offered to leave after the confrontation that ended in a fire and dozens of deaths. NPR's Chitra Ragavan says the co-chairmen released their conclusions without a corroborating report and without consulting with committee Democrats. The Democrats say the criticism of Reno is strictly politics.

Here's where you can see fireworks and other Independence Day related events this holiday weekend. Friday, July 3Murray: Freedom Fest (July 3-4) begins…

Wisdom is known to be at least 68 years old and nests each year at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. She survived a tsunami and is believed to have laid nearly 40 eggs over her life.

There were only an estimated seven red wolves left in the wild when a coalition of conservation organizations decided to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

In the waters off Santa Cruz, Calif., an otter that's been harassing surfers has been evading capture from state and federal wildlife officials and aquarium biologists, for several weeks.

An animal not seen in Ohio in over a century, the fisher, has been spotted on a local wildlife camera. The sighting has raised hopes that the native mammal is naturally returning to the state.