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The BBC's Jane Standley reports from Goma, Zaire, on how that city has changed since Zairean rebels took it over last fall. Goma once was home to hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees. Today it is the de facto capital of rebel-held Zaire. People in the town generally welcome the rebels' presence. They are seen as less oppressive and corrupt than the Zairean government and its army.

in Los Angeles, in which incumbent Republican Richard Riordan (REER-don) faces Democrat Tom Hayden, a state senator best known for his 1960's political activism and former marriage to Jane Fonda. Riordan is expected to win reelection in a contest that has drawn relatively little voter interest.

A legislative measure under consideration would make it more difficult for refugees to enter the traditionally neutral haven of Switzerland. Conservative politicians want to allow fewer asylum seekers. Emma Jane Kirby reports.

The citizens of Bowling Green, Ky. are preparing to celebrate natives son Duncan Hines. Unlike his cake-mix rival Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines was a real person. Cora Jane Spiller, tells NPR's Liane Hansen about her great uncle and the Eighth annual Duncan Hines Festival.

The brooding, conflicted Mr. Darcy exists only in the pages of a book. But the movie Austenland might just make us believe that Darcy IS out there somewhere, and that if we just believe hard enough, we can find him.

When Jane LaGolden started her senior social group in Milwaukee 10 years ago, she didn’t want to knit a blanket, read a book or watercolor. She wanted to meet other seniors and build community.

As states re-open economies, small businesses try to figure out how to do it safely amid the pandemic. But entrepreneur Jo Hood of Jane Loves Shoes says, "Any business would be better than none."

This archival interview from 1996 features the late singer's insights into The Velvet Underground. Reed shares what went into writing the group's classic songs "Heroin" and "Sweet Jane."

Michael talks with television reporter Jane Olsen from WRIC about the controversy in Richmond, Virginia surrounding the erection of a stature of Arthur Ashe. Ashe, who won Wimbledon 20 years ago this month was a native of Richmond and many people want to erect his statue on Monument Avenue, the site of many civil war monuments. But some say he neither belongs there nor should stand with the very people who sought to oppress his race.

Poet DONALD HALL. A year ago, his wife, poet Jane Kenyon died of leukemia. There's a new collection of her work, "Otherwise: New & Selected Poems" (Graywolf Press). HALL will read from the book, including the last poems she wrote, and discuss their life together. HALL also has a forthcoming book of poetry, "The Old Life," (Houghton Mifflin) to be published in June. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE