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The cauldron is a snowflake, with a much smaller flame than usual. It was lit by two Olympians, including an athlete from the Xinjiang autonomous region, home to the Uyghur minority.

Delegates to a United Nations wildlife conference have agreed to ease a 13-year-old global ban on ivory trading. The decision is a victory for southern African nations, but conservationists see it as a defeat for elephants. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

If Mayor Villaraigosa ends up running the Los Angeles public school system, he can draw on the experiences of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Claudio Sanchez reports on what has happened in the Chicago and New York City school districts under mayoral control.

"Based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

The body camera footage taken after an off-duty officer North Carolina shot Jason Walker was released on Friday. It seems to corroborate the officer's story that Walker attacked his vehicle.

Human Rights Watch is calling for the International Criminal Court to investigate attacks the rights group says amount to war crimes in West Darfur.

Noncommunicable diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease are now the biggest killers on Earth. They account for 68 percent of deaths — and have an even greater impact in the developing world.

More than $300,000 has been raised in less than a week for James Robertson, who had to commute to his factory job by foot.

Welcome to the first meeting of NPR's new book club! We're reading Hector Tobar's account of 33 men who were trapped for 69 days in a Chilean mine. Send us your questions; we may read them on-air.

The group faults the U.S. on a range of issues, including the use of excessive force by police. It also says governments "must stop pretending the protection of civilians is beyond their power."