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Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is home to 200 endangered mountain gorillas, about a quarter of the world's total. In recent months, a new insurgent group has taken over gorilla habitat. Despite it all, the gorilla population has been rising.

The violent protests at U.S. embassies this week seemed to catch the new Middle East governments flat-footed. So are these attacks an aberration on the rocky road of nation building, or a harbinger of a region moving toward greater chaos?

The rules of the game in education are shifting. The same sort of work rule changes that are at the heart of the teachers' strike in Chicago are being debated in school districts and states across the country.

The Federal Reserve chief said the new policy aims to stabilize economic growth.

A scientist discovered the first lesula specimen being kept as a pet in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007.

The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously today in favor of a new regulation that would require parents of young boys who undergo ritual circumcisions involving "direct oral suction" to sign a consent form first. The practice has been linked to serious herpes infections.

Surprisingly, some analysts are putting Hawaii's Senate race in the tossup column this year. Hawaii hasn't elected a Republican to the Senate since 1970. But with former Gov. Linda Lingle running, Republicans believe they have a chance. And whoever wins, the state will have its first female senator.

Free speech is not absolute. But the sweeping nature of the First Amendment puts the United States at odds with most of the world.

NPR reporters will answer questions as part of Weekend Edition's new series, Reporter Hotline.

One senior Libyan official says it was a sophisticated two-prong attack against the consulate and then an American safe house.