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Russia's takeover of Crimea extends from the flags over government buildings to passports to the labels on wine bottles. Despite the international criticism, many Crimeans are happy to rejoin Moscow.

An attention researcher wanted to find out how radiologists would fare in a version of the famous Invisible Gorilla study. He found that 83 percent of the radiologists failed to spot an image of a gorilla on slides they were told to inspect for cancer. It's just one example of how, when people are asked to perform a challenging task, their attention can narrow and blocks things out.

It's the entrepreneurs' dream: tapping into China's market of 1.3 billion people. That dream fueled the efforts of two Chinese-American MBAs to take the soft-pretzel franchise — a staple of U.S. shopping malls — to China. Cultural and financial barriers, however, led to a far more challenging reality.

The U.S.-Saudi partnership endures despite the regular divergence of values and sometimes even regional interests. David Greene talks to Ali Al-Ahmed, director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs.

In Burlington, Vt., the city's Department of Public Works is giving citizens the permission and the tools to remake their own streets. But not everyone thinks that's a good idea.

President Obama visits Flint, Mich., on Wednesday for the first time since the water crisis began. Flint residents are still relying on bottled water and faucet filters to get safe drinking water.

Abderrahmane Sissako's film was inspired by the seizure of the Malian city by Islamist fighters in 2012. It has won international accolades with its lyrical beauty and critique of religious extremism.

New York City plans to add streetcars to connect its isolated areas, but critics are wary. Streetcars in other cities have few riders, and Washington, D.C.'s streetcar opening was delayed for years.

She's a typical teen — blue nails, loves Coldplay. But she believes she won't be able to build a life in her homeland.

Unlike 2008, the current turmoil didn't originate in the U.S., economist Austan Goolsbee notes. And this time, the economy is growing, banks aren't in danger and there's no credit crunch, he says.

Environmentalists and Democrats have launched investigations into the funding of climate skeptics. Some say the probes are necessary, while others worry they could rightly be seen as harassment.

At 22, Hardik Patel is challenging the system of reserving jobs and college slots for socially and economically challenged castes. He's drawing crowds of 500,000 — and tensions are rising.

In this week's look at politics, the U.S. attorney general tells the president to stay out of the Justice Department but did he mean it? Meanwhile, Congress tries to reign in Trump's war powers.

Last month marked the 50th anniversary of the issuance of the most radical document by the Second Vatican Council.

There's no shortage of gasoline, but a few stations have still run dry because it's hard to find qualified truck drivers who can move the fuel around. The high demand is pushing driver pay up.

A church that earlier denied the severity of COVID-19 changed its messaging after an outbreak. But another church continues to say mask wearers and the vaccinated aren't welcome at worship services.

Some financial experts want to bring back tontines, a retirement planning tool. People pool their cash to buy a bond that makes regular payments. The catch: You have to be alive to collect the payout.

After facing a pandemic, record-setting mail ballot turnout, threats and conspiracies about vote counting, local elections officials are grappling with new laws and high scrutiny for future elections.

NPR's Scott Simon checks in with Randy Adams, a New Orleans resident who he interviewed many times after Hurricane Katrina, about how Adams and his family are doing after Hurricane Ida.

More than an autobiography following a strict chronological path and detailing all major events, this book focuses on the role of art in the U.S. poet laureate's life and her development as an artist.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Chief August Creppel about the extensive damage caused to the Houma Nation by Hurricane Ida.

Alt.Latino, NPR's show about Latin Alternative music and Latino arts and culture, is taking over NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concerts during National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Perhaps nothing changed more quickly and dramatically in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks than commercial airline travel. We look at how air travel security has improved and evolved in 20 years.

The tightened security that followed 9/11 irreparably changed the U.S.-Mexico border region. Border agents see themselves as fighting terrorism, but it's unlikely a terrorist has ever crossed there.

What do we know about breakthrough infections in vaccinated people? Will Stone explains and shares the story of how surprised he was to get a breakthrough infection himself.