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Ukrainian troops are pushing Russian forces away from the country's second-largest city. That's allowing residents to move out of shelters, assess damage and try to resume something of a normal life.

At 88, Phyllis Diller has published a memoir, appears in the film The Aristocrats and has a documentary out about her retirement from stand-up comedy.

Director Ron Howard discusses his latest film, Cinderella Man, a rags-to-riches true story of boxer James Braddock, whose improbable rise during the Great Depression embodied the hopes of the suffering. Howard says that what makes the movie intriguing is the combination of the protagonist's actions both in life and sport.

If you own a lemon, do you have to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth when you trade it in to a dealer? Host Jennifer Ludden and Randy Cohen, The New York Times Magazine ethicist, help resolve a listener's car-trading dilemma.

NPR's Cheryl W. Thompson speaks with writer and attorney Josie Duffy Rice about how progressive prosecutors are faring amid rising crime.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg, SCOTUS Blog Founder Tom Goldstein and Constitutional law scholar Jamal Greene about this year's historic Supreme Court term.

A mass shooting hit the town of Winnetka, Ill., 34 years ago. Phil Andrew survived that shooting, and that experience shaped his path as a special agent for the FBI and lifelong gun control advocate.

The former Transportation Secretary's new book bemoans the end of bipartisanship. Is his vision of compromise a pipe dream?

"If that rule had gone into effect, then every hospital, every nursing home would essentially have to have a plan," said David Michaels, former Occupational Safety and Health Administration chief.

The worldwide lion population has declined a staggering 90 percent in the past 50 years. In their documentary The Last Lions, conservationists Beverly and Dereck Joubert track the giant hunters across Bostwana and warn that without intervention, lions may soon go extinct.

With virtual reality headsets, elderly survivors of the partition between India and Pakistan are getting 360-degree views of their long-lost homes — on opposite sides of the international border.

This month, hear new music from Hop Along, Emile Haynie, Whitehorse, Leon Bridges and more.

In an ever modernizing world, foraging provides an opportunity to recall the simplicity of survival. All the things I thought I needed pale in comparison to a delicious piece of neglected fruit.

A new investigative report details sexual misconduct and verbal abuse by coaches in the league – and a lack of action by those in charge to address problems, despite years of players' complaints.

Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Waldman president of NYU Law School's Brennan Center for Justice about his new book, which is a biography of the second amendment.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Denise Gilman, co-director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, about whether there was a legal basis to the actions.

A third of the 12,000-mile-long Great Wall of China lies in ruins. Its modern-day defenders confront what may be the world's greatest challenge in cultural preservation.

Deepa Fernandes is Here & Now's new co-host and decided to ask her colleagues about their first concert experiences.

Images of the aftermath show a glimpse of the destruction caused by the powerful Category 4 hurricane: homes washed out, boats yanked from their moorings, and decimated neighborhoods.

Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Nina Totenberg about her upcoming book, "Dinners with Ruth," and her decades-long friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and others in positions of power.

The international atomic watchdog has been to some of the world's toughest locations, but nothing quite like Europe's largest nuclear power plant in an active war zone.

Donald Trump's stump speech has evolved in style recently, but the content sticks to a consistent theme.

Edward Buckles, Jr. was just 13 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and changed his home forever. His new documentary is his attempt to unpack the trauma of that childhood experience.

Europeans face a tough winter as the price of gas – used to generate electricity and heating — soars.

Danny Ross, 58, says he heeded his extended family's warnings to abandon his own 30-foot boat to stay with two friends aboard their larger 50-foot yacht. It didn't help.