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As Russian troops threaten to invade Ukraine, the U.S. publicizes what it says are Russian attempts to sow disinformation. The goal is to undermine Russian claims that might be used to provoke a war.

In 1995, Scott Simon interviewed artists associated with the "Outsider" school -- including Mose Tolliver and his daughter, Annie -- for Weekend Edition Saturday. We include a partial transcript.

Of the films you saw last year, it's likely that fewer than 10 percent were directed by women — which makes it remarkable that seven movies now in theaters have women's names above the credits.

IBM has unveiled a computer that will match its wits against human contestants on the TV quiz show Jeopardy. David Ferrucci, an artificial intelligence researcher for IBM and project director of "Watson," the system that will compete on the popular game show, says "Watson" is "pretty close" to being competitive with Jeopardy's grand champions.

What happens behind the scenes as a president gets ready to name a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court? NPR's Ari Shapiro gets some insight from C. Boyden Gray, who served as White House counsel during the administration of George H. W. Bush when Justices David Souter and Clarence Thomas were nominated.

This week we're looking back at the year in music with a peek at NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums of 2013. It's the annual list assembled by our in-house experts, including NPR music writer and editor Stephen Thompson. He tells Audie Cornish about his picks in the world of indie pop.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about the tensions between Russia and the U.S after a tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats from their countries.

The International Crisis Group is calling on the United Nations to push the Syrian government to open pathways for humanitarian aid. Melissa Block talks to the group's Peter Harling, who regularly visits Damascus to access the situation there.

Democrats are scolding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for low test availability after his administration let nearly a million rapid COVID tests to expire. He now says there's too much unnecessary testing.

Hope Hicks, a Trump-era White House adviser and communications director, is testifying in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial. Hick's name has come up several times before taking the stand.

To prepare for more development, lawmakers in Florida are commissioning new toll roads through rural areas. But some rural communities say they don't want them.

In a desperate playoff push, the Cleveland Browns are bringing heralded rookie Johnny Manziel off the bench to take over as the team's quarterback. But not everyone is sold on him saving the season.

There's a sustained boom in small business creation in America. We look into what types of new businesses are booming and why this kind of trend has meant economic growth in the past.

Donald Trump continues to face lawsuits over his for-profit education company, Trump University. Trump accused federal judge Gonzalo Curiel of bias in one case, and said the judge, who is from Indiana, "happens to be, we believe, Mexican." NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Washington Post political reporter Tom Hamburger about the case.

Israeli authorities are encroaching on the ancient site of Sebastia in the West Bank to create a tourist attraction aimed at settlers, raising worries of the displacement of Palestinians.

Five years ago, Harris also said she'd "prosecute the case" against Trump. This time around, it hits a bit differently.

A rocket struck a soccer field near the Lebanon border this weekend killing 12 children and wounding more. The community hit is Druze and, though Arab, can claim Israeli citizenship.

After three full days of competition, the U.S. has won a handful of medals in swimming, fencing, diving, mountain bike and road cycling. The women's gymnastics team will compete for a medal Tuesday.

Assisted living-type facilities often are subject to less scrutiny than nursing homes. Investigations in Vermont and elsewhere have revealed patterns of poor care and deaths.

Most analysts think the world currently makes more oil than it needs — and the kind of oil abundant in Venezuela is a particularly hard-to-refine type of crude. So would U.S. companies even want it?

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.

What's next for the U.S. engagement in Venezuela? President Trump says the U.S. will run the country for now, but there are no American troops or diplomats in the country.

The upheaval to the federal workforce in 2025 drove tens of thousands of federal employees to leave their jobs. One former employee of the Veterans Health Administration reflects on the year.

Parra’s sixth album, “Milonguín,” was nominated for a Latin Grammy last year. This is his fifth nomination.

The Justice Department says it has released more than 3 million pages of materials tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, to comply with the law.