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Saturday is Kentucky Derby Day, and pre-eminent horse racing photographer Barbara Livingston tells NPR's Scott Simon how she captures the fast action of 20 horses running at the pace of a stampede.

Yuliya Tolopa grew up in southern Russia but is now a reservist in the Ukrainian army and a hero in her adopted country.

Lynn Neary talks to Jim Zarroli, who was covering Election Day in New Jersey.

Russia is pulling some troops away from Ukraine's capital. Shanghai is going through a staggered COVID lockdown. A technology used to promote misinformation online enters the business world.

Fairy tales — those stories of princes and princesses, spells and magic — have sparked kids' imaginations for centuries. But author John Baxter suggests a very different kind of fiction to get young synapses firing: He recommends three tales filled with creepy characters you're sure to love.

The Ides of March — that infamous day that saw the death of Julius Caesar — are nearly upon us. And to commemorate it, author Myla Goldberg recommends three tales of back-stabbing. Have a favorite story of disloyalty? Tell us in the comments.

In Raj Haldar's new picture book, a lot of random stuff gets banned: giraffes, avocados, old roller skates. Haldar hopes kids have fun with This Book Is Banned but also learn about censorship.

A little-known poem has been retrieved from the Oxford University archives, which appears to reveal a 17th century attempt to besmirch the reputation of John Milton, the author of Paradise Lost. The poem is a bawdy ditty laden with sexual innuendo, and is labeled "by Milton." However, since Milton is best-known as a great religious and political polemicist, it hardly fits with the rest of his work -- and some academics believe the poem was actually the work of a jealous political rival.

San Francisco will host the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference beginning next weekend. What's expected from the event, and what are the benefits and challenges for the host city?

Despite an extended deadline, there is little visible progress toward a constitution for Iraq. While some involved say a resolution is near, others cite "profound" differences between competing groups.

At least 28 people were killed and more than 320 injured in a suicide car bombing and an assault by armed militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on a key government security agency.

The president has visited Prince George's County, Md., four times this year. It is the most affluent county with an African-American majority. It also happens to be very close to the White House.

The BBC was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming as it scrambled to stem a crisis over its suspension of Lineker for comments criticizing the British government's asylum policy.

Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K.'s longest-serving monarch, died Thursday at the age of 96. The queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change.

The Associated Press provided a fact-check of President Joe Biden's first press conference since taking office.

Federal rules to reduce the levels of "forever chemicals" in drinking water are getting delayed.

"If I hadn't gone to work for George Herbert Walker Bush, I don't know what I'd be doing in my life," says David Valdez, who photographed Bush throughout his vice presidency, presidency and beyond.

Melissa Block talks with Sen. Angus King of Maine, an independent, about his decision to vote "no" on the Keystone XL pipeline and his thoughts on Obama's plan to take executive action on immigration.

Malaria killed more than 600,000 people across the world in 2022. The vast majority of those deaths occurred in Africa in children under the age of 5.

The news of the death of a 5-year-old comes as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues to fly migrants from the southern border to blue state cities — with his new target Chicago in recent days.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Demos, a restaurant owner in middle Tennessee, who says extended federal unemployment has made it difficult to staff his restaurants.

Under a Missouri School of Journalism fellowship, I spent my last college semester in New York City editing and producing videos for Mic, an innovative news startup in One World Trade Center. After late nights of deadlines, finessing video pieces, bonding with coworkers and experimenting with editing techniques, I produced and filmed my own mini-documentary focusing on evolving Mic video strategies.

Biles looked happy and relieved after dismounting the balance beam, smiling and waving at the crowd to roaring applause. She's still experiencing the "twisties" but has found ways to cope.

The strain of bird flu is distinct from what has previously been found in dairy cattle. The finding raises some worrying questions — and concerns over the Trump administration's muted response.

In this week's Barbershop, NPR's Michel Martin talks about upcoming offerings in summer entertainment with humor writer Luvvie Ajayi, journalist Kara Brown of Jezebel and NPR's Eric Deggans.