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Linda Wertheimer talks with Peter DeWitt, spokesman for the Portland, Maine, Public Works Department, about a shortage of places to dump snow. DeWitt says Portland has received 76 inches of snow this year, 16 inches above the norm.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Sen. Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee. The surgeon and Chairman of the African Affairs subcommittee says the United States needs to provide significantly more money to fund AIDS treatment programs in developing countries, especially in Africa. He says the U.S. has "a moral obligation to do everything possible to have AIDS drugs flow to those countries at as low a price as possible."

Critic Bob Mondello thinks out loud about a theme that keeps cropping up in recent motion pictures-- Reality TV. The movies 15 MINUTES and SERIES 7 are the latest in the trend.

After 200 years in business, Galt and Brother jewelery store near the White House closed its doors just last week. Host Lisa Simeone takes a window shopping tour of the historic store.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the criticisms of President Bush's faith-based initiative and his policy on power plant emissions. The latest blow came yesterday in New Jersey, and distracted from the president's efforts to promote his budget and tax cut proposals.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the British government has called-in its military to help with the outbreak of foot-and mouth disease there. Nineteen new cases were found yesterday. Farmers are furious about the government's handling of slaughtered animals, as corpses pile up and rot. The tourism industry faces hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

With the continuing violence, convincing tourists to come to Israel has been a hard sell these past few months. Israeli officials say tourism is down about 60 percent. With that in mind, they've launched a new ad campaign, urging people to visit "the Israel you don't see on the nightly news." Uzi Gafni, who represents Israel's ministry for tourism in North America, talks with Linda Wertheimer.

For the people of LaPlace, La. the destruction of Hurricane Ida was on another level. And that has some residents considering moving away before the next one.

Phillip Davis reports that a media review of uncounted presidential ballots in Miami-Dade County showed a net gain for Al Gore of 49 votes. The interim review, sponsored by The Miami Herald and USA Today, suggests that had state officials accepted a Gore campaign request for recounts in four counties -- Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Volusia -- Gore still would have lost the election by 140 votes.

Commentator Patrick Rucker says many of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations in his native Ireland have been cancelled because of the foot-and-mouth scare. But he believes St. Patrick would have liked a little less commotion anyway.

A study filed with federal regulators today alleges that wholesale electricity suppliers overcharged California by $6 billion in the last year. The California state power grid operator prepared the study of pricing data in an effort to seek reimbursement for the overcharges. Scott Horsley reports from member station KPBS in San Diego.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on President Bush's plan to cut taxes. Many members of Congress fear the plan will follow the pattern of the Reagan tax-cut in 1981, which quickly ballooned with breaks and favors for special interests.

Host Bob Edwards talks with David Field, USA Today airline reporter, on the Bush administration's plans to cut $368 million from the Federal Aviation Administration's budget for the next fiscal year -- in a time of high stress for airports, airlines, and passengers.

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on the newest endeavor by artist James Turrell -- an exhibit featuring drawings and videos of his study of light in an extinct volcano. Check out the Roden Crater. (6:52

NPR's John Nielsen has talked with researchers who went into the north woods and threw wolf dung at moose, and reports that moose can't distinguish it from shinola. That's bad because the scent of wolf should scare moose away. With wolves being reintroduced into the wild, moose had better learn. The researchers are happy to report that, eventually, they do. They're not stupid, just forgetful.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports China is threatening to ban the practice of Falun Gong in Hong Kong, saying the former British colony is being used as a base for anti-Chinese activities.

According to a court filing Monday, the family pulled about $10.7 billion from Purdue since 2008 — ramping up withdrawals even after executives pleaded guilty to misleading regulators about OxyContin.

Police have confirmed a number of deaths after a reported explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. The explosion was followed by a chaotic scene with people running for the exits.

Forty Americans die every day from overdoses linked to prescription opioids, but researchers say many doctors and dentists still have a "prescribe and forget" attitude toward the medications.

President Biden has been scrambling to make a deal at home with lawmakers in his own party before heading to the G-20 summit in Rome and the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow.

The EB-5 visa grants permanent U.S. residence to anyone investing a half million dollars in a U.S.-based development project. Eighty percent of EB-5 recipients are Chinese. NPR takes a look at why they are applying for these visas.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Vali Nasr, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, about President Trump's comments regarding Iran during his Middle East trip, and what they mean to the U.S. relationship with Iran and other countries.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jeremy Roebuck about the latest in the jury selection for the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial.

President Trump visits Jerusalem's Old City on Monday, stopping at two religious sites and leaving locals to debate his impact.

On the Argentine singer's new album, she's reached a zen place where the very texture of a tone becomes its own language.