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The Bayou Classic, the traditional Thanksgiving football rivalry between historically black universities Grambling State and Southern University, will be played in Houston this year, instead of its usual site, New Orleans. It's just one of events forced to seek a new home because of Hurricane Katrina. Karen Henderson of member station WRKF in Baton Rouge reports.

Dr. Richard Collins grew up in a small upstate New York town, where his father practiced medicine. But as Collins told his grandson Sean -- a medical student himself -- that didn't keep him from orchestrating pranks when he was a student.

Amos Oz's latest is A Tale Of Love And Darkness, a memoir of growing up in Jerusalem in the turbulent 1940s and '50s, when a war-torn Israel was achieving statehood. Oz's home life was as intense as the world outside. The book follows Oz through his mother's suicide to a growing interest in politics and writing.

In an 8-1 ruling, the Supreme Court upholds the $1,000 damage limit under the federal Truth in Lending Act. The case involved a man who was misled while arranging a car loan. The consumer maintained that changes in the law approved by Congress meant that he was entitled to more than the law's original damages cap. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.

This year, finalists in NPR's student podcast challenge asked big questions about hatred and love, identity and belonging.

The Taliban in Afghanistan have instructed that women cover up in public from head to toe, including their faces. NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid has been talking to women affected by the change.

With major fighting in Fallujah over, attention now turns to the civilian population. Saa'id Hakki, chairman of the Iraqi Red Crescent, talks about the current humanitarian situation in and around the war-torn city. Hear Hakki and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden spent Mother's Day in Slovakia, meeting Ukrainian mothers who have been displaced by Russia's war and assuring them that the "hearts of the American people" are behind them.

The school was sheltering about 90 people in the village of Bilohorivka.

Kate Walbert, author of the book Our Kind, discusses the kind of women she grew-up with and how their lives inspired her. The story is one of five finalists for the National Book Award. Hear Walbert and NPR's Steve Inskeep.