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Victory Day is Russia's biggest holiday, marking the end of World War Two. In a speech in Red Square, President Vladimir Putin used the occasion to justify his attack on Ukraine.

One section of southeastern Baghdad Thursday saw two car bombings, one angry mob, one fatal roadside bombing and the capture of a suspected triggerman -- part of a wave of insurgent violence aimed at destabilizing Iraq's fledging government. Eric Westervelt was with U.S. soldiers in that part of Baghdad and reports on the day's events.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ramona Klein, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, about a listening tour among Native Americans by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

The Breaking Bad spin-off has been excellent since it debuted in 2015. As the series wraps up, the final episodes will determine just how great a show Better Call Saul ends up being.

More couples — including those who stayed in Russia and those who fled — are urgently marrying, for reasons both practical and deeply emotional.

In a state with a fast-growing Latino population, the fight over immigration is especially relevant. There's scant backing for the Senate's immigration bill among Texas Republicans in Washington, but some Texans say those lawmakers are "behind the curve."

The event is a must for any true lovers of rhythm and blues music. David Greene talks to Jason King, who hosts NPR's 24/7 R&B and Soul music stream, about the festival which kicked off Thursday night.

David Greenberger travels the country collecting stories of older people. Here he retells the tale of Gene Weaver, a retired pattern maker in Chattanooga, Tenn. Among the odd things Weaver was asked to make from wood was a new peg leg, as well as a fake hand for a gambler. Weaver refused to make either.

On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden travels to Toledo, Ohio, where he'll give the first of four "framing speeches" for the campaign. He'll be talking about what the auto rescue means for that state, and its industrial workforce.

North Korea is reportedly working up to testing of a longer-range intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the whole of the continental U.S.

The Passover story is about displacement and the search for a promised land. For Ukrainian Jews this Passover, the story has special resonance as the holiday finds them scattered across the world.

Former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castaneda talks with Melissa Block about the Mexican view on the U.S. immigration debate. President Bush meets with Mexican President Vicente Fox on Thursday in Cancun. Castaneda says Fox will be pushing for a guest-worker program for Mexicans.

A new test for people wanting to immigrate to The Netherlands includes watching a film meant to explain the liberal society. But some say the footage may discourage would-be immigrants from developing countries from wanting to immigrate. Perro De Jong, a reporter for Radio Netherlands, talks with Robert Siegel.

Steve Inskeep hears about the impact Haiti's political violence on basic health care from Dr. Paul Farmer of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Farmer is executive vice president of Partners in Health, which founded a medical center in a settlement of Haitian squatters.

There are some genuinely thrilling moments contained in the five movies nominated this year for a best picture Academy Award. There is not, however, a single sincere laugh, notes Jacob Ganz. He offers the case for a comedy category.

Africa's longest civil war in Sudan has pushed millions of refugees out of their homes in the country's southern region. Now, in the wake of a peace agreement between forces in the south and the government in Khartoum, those refugees are returning home. Richard Lough reports on the challenges those refugees face, and what they might find when they get home.

How will our lives change if gas prices continue to rise? Don Gonyea and Robert Cervero, head of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley, peer into the future.

The Supreme Court reviews Clark v. Arizona, a new test of the insanity defense. The parents of an Arizona man who killed a police officer want their son declared guilty but insane. The state does not want his mental state considered in court.

A majority of Iraqis approved the country's draft constitution in the Oct. 15 referendum, Iraq's Electoral Commission announces. Sunni Arabs opposed the document, which was drafted mainly by Kurdish and Shiite politicians who dominate the legislature. Dan Murphy of The Christian Science Monitor has the details.

SEC Chairman William Donaldson's departure and the Supreme Court's reversal of the conviction of Enron accounting firm Arthur Andersen prompt observations on the status of corporate reform from New York Times columnist Joe Nocera.

Rule changes could cost many big cities millions they receive for subsidized housing from the federal government. They claim the Bush administration reneged on an agreement that would have maintained much of the funding.

Automotive analyst Maryann Keller offers analysis on General Motors' decision to close plants and cut jobs. Keller says GM has restructured itself over a dozen times in the last 30 years and believes the only way for the automaker to improve is to make better products.

Russia has an air force more than 10 times larger than Ukraine's. But Ukraine's fighter pilots and air defense crews still control the air space over most of the country.

Much of the abortion debate centers on when life begins. It is essentially a religious question, but there is no consensus on the answer. (Story originally aired on Weekend Sunday on May 8, 2022.

The response of Londoners to Thursday's bombings prompted comparisons to life in the British capital during World War II and the time of the Blitz, when London was bombed by German planes. Guest host Sheilah Kast talks with veteran BBC correspondent Charles Wheeler about life in London during the Blitz.