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It's difficult to overstate Waits' importance and impact: With a career that spans more than 20 albums, he blends countless musical and theatrical styles, from classic jazz, blues and polka to rock and folk. Held together with his unmistakable voice, Waits' music is instantly recognizable and endlessly compelling.

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation's most sensitive wilderness areas.

When a militant Islamic group known as the Taliban took over most of Afganistan, it imposed its brand of fundamentalism on the areas it controls. NPR's Michael Sullivan has the first in a series of reports on how Islamic fundamentalism is influencing central Asia.

Mike O'Connor reports from Sarajevo that Bosnian Serb forces have surrounded the so-called safe haven of Zhepa and can take it any time. The Serbs earlier this week took another safe area, the village of Srebrenica.

Robert talks with Clifford Krauss, the police department bureau chief for the New York Times. Krauss discusses how fingerprint technology and a citywide crackdown on petty crime led to the arrest of three suspected killers in the New York metropolitan area.

Tornadoes tore through parts of Alabama and Tennessee on Friday night, and residents are still trying to put their lives back in order. Melanie Peeples of member station WUAL visited one area where a tornado touched down in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

NPR's Tovia (TOH-vee-uh) Smith reports on today's verdict in the John Salvi murder trial. Salvi was found guilty on two charges of first degree murder and five of assualt in an attack on a Boston area abortion clinic in 1994.

The Air Force unit attacked in Dhahran was there as part of the unfinished business of the Gulf War. But the attack is not expected to generate any change in US policy in the Gulf area, or threaten US relations with Saudi Arabia. NPR's Ted Clark has a report.

It's the first Saturday of the month and novelist Paul Auster brings you the National Story Project. For more information on the National Story Project and to read this month's stories please visit the National Story Project area on NPR's web site.

Karen Schaeffer of member station WCPN reports that the Ford Motor Company has shut down a Cleveland-area engine plant while officials try to pinpoint the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease that has sickened at least three workers.

The Northeast was hit by a major storm today. At least a foot of snow covers the New York area. NPR's Melissa Block spent the day roaming New York City to tell us how today's storm is affecting the Big Apple.

NPR's Steve Inskeep in central Iraq reports on the entry of U.S. Marines into a market town south of Baghdad. The Marines' foray was part of efforts to consolidate U.S. control over areas bypassed by American forces on their push to Baghdad.

Alabama's Dauphin Island, near the coast of Florida, is one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ivan. After three hurricanes and amid promises of more, some shrimp fishermen are staying on their boats during the storms. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq examine the 11 empty chemical warheads they discovered at an ammunition storage area. Iraq insists the weapons are old. NPR's Tom Gjelten and NPR's Mike Shuster explore the significance of the find and the potential for war.

Reggae historian Roger Steffens gives NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates a tour of his vast collection of Bob Marley memorabilia — posters, records, t-shirts and other items that fill up his Los Angeles-area basement.

Violence erupts in an area of Baghdad populated by poor Shia after a U.S. helicopter flies into a religious banner. The incident shows how fragile relations are between U.S. forces and downtrodden Iraqis. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Federal and state investigators in Alabama are looking for suspects in a series of fires that have burned Baptist churches in rural areas of the state in the past two weeks. Many congregations are vowing to rebuild -- Kathy Lohr profiles two congregations that vow not to be intimidated.

When the severity of patient sickness and special local expenses are taken into account, some areas marked by big Medicare outlays flip from profligate to average or even frugal, according to the calculations from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

The World Health Organization removes the United States and the United Kingdom from the list of areas significantly affected by SARS. Health officials are treating with caution news of 12 possible relapses reported in Hong Kong. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Five years ago, the Supreme Court blocked the federal government from regulating small, isolated wetlands and streams and returned those powers to the states. In some areas, such as the Houston suburbs, there is no effective regulation and thousands of acres are being filled in with dirt.