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A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

It's been a week since Ivan arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border and asked immigration agents to let him in on humanitarian grounds. His family still hasn't heard from him.

The concept and practice of the U.S. government deciding what to recognize as a genocide is profoundly political, both in contemporary and historical cases.

The artist builds on the Afrofuturistic world from her 2018 album in a new short story collection titled The Memory Librarian. She tells NPR about her nightmare that inspired the project.

Democratic Representative Kelly Skidmore of Boca Raton said property insurance "is the most pressing issue of any issue we should have dealt with."

A St. Louis-based tech nonprofit is training inmates in computer programming while they're still incarcerated to give them a shot at landing jobs in the tech industry and avoid returning to prison.

Palestinian Authority leaders celebrate the re-opening of the Gaza Strip's border crossing with Egypt, a main gateway to the outside world for Palestinians. But no one was allowed to pass through Rafah on Friday. European Union inspectors, who will help monitor the opening, are still arriving.

Oil production in the tar sands of Canada is increasing as the demand for crude in the United States rises. The production of synthetic crude may meet U.S. needs, but it comes at a cost.

Ten months after U.S. Marines effectively leveled Fallujah in a major counter-insurgency offensive, NPR's Anne Garrels visits the city and has this report.

Several death row inmates, including Michael Morales in California, are challenging their sentences on the grounds that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment. Alex Chadwick talks to Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the legal objections to lethal injection.

A federal court ruled that the confession of an alleged al-Qaeda member could be used at trial, despite the suspect's testimony that it was obtained under torture. Noah Adams talks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the case, in which a U.S. citizen confessed -- while in the custody of Saudi Arabian authorities, often criticized for their harsh interrogation techniques -- to participating in a plot to kill President George W. Bush.

Fears of a civil war rise in Bolivia, after President Carlos Mesa resigned this week amid protests. An emergency congress has been called to pick his successor. Bill Faries of The Christian Science Monitor discusses the latest developments.

The White House is bracing for possible indictments in the CIA leak investigation, which would come from the grand jury that has been hearing testimony since the investigation began. Most grand juries operate in secret; Larry Abramson has details on what makes them different.

More people seeking abortions are turning to abortion pills rather than surgical abortion. Here's what to know about the pills, which have been at the center of legal battles since Roe was overturned.

After the latest London bombings, New York City police began random searches of packages and backpacks brought onto the subway. Police promised "a systematized approach" that would avoid racial profiling. No one could recall a precedent for such broad searches, however, and civil libertarians questioned their legality. Richard Hake of NPR station WNYC reports.

Dikla Gal-Ed, a 29-year-old Jewish settler, is helping her family pack for the move out of Gush Katif. She talks about the difficult process of preparing to leave and her frustration with the decision to withdraw.

In a speech on Feb. 25, 2005, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts explained to Wake Forest University law students and alumni that being a judge was harder than he initially thought. Roberts also said he believes judicial decisions should be the product of "dispassionate thinking." Alex Chadwick talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Maura Reynolds about the videotaped address, and what it may reveal about Roberts as his confirmation battle nears.

Syria must decide how to respond to the U.N. resolution demanding its cooperation in the probe into the murder of former Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri. The next report in the inquiry is due Dec. 15, and Damascus is already facing complaints about its leadership.

After five decades Tibor Rubin was finally recognized Friday for his heroic efforts to save fellow U.S. soldiers during the Korean War. The 76-year-old former Army corporal was awarded the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony.

Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico remains largely suspended Monday after Hurricane Rita swept through the region on Saturday. The storm damaged several big refineries in Texas and Louisiana, but the impact appears to have been less than expected.

In the first of a two-part conversation, Farai Chideya talks with fiction writer Tananarive Due. Her latest novel, Joplin's Ghost, tells the story of a rising R&B singer and how her life changes after she encounters the ghost of ragtime king Scott Joplin.

Last March, Indonesia saw its first polio case in 10 years. Now, 300 children have been crippled and 60,000 infected. Before health officials can stamp polio out, they'll have to win over parents distrustful of the vaccine.

Tech guru Mario Armstrong explains an emerging genre of educational videos games known as "serious games" -- engrossing virtual worlds that help players learn how to control pain, train soldiers on how the military works, and even how to be a successful activist on a college campus.

Peter Manseau's mother is a former nun; his father is a priest who remains under suspension. Manseau tells of their marriage — and his upbringing — in a new memoir, Vows.

Hurricane Wilma passes over the east coast of Florida as a Category 2 storm and surprises residents with its power. Far from diminishing as it moved over land, the storm's wind stayed strong, tossing trees and ripping roofs.