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An underground world in the Ukraine capital is made up of Soviet-era bomb shelters, bunkers and basements. A potential Russian attack threatens to put the bygone shelter system to the test.

The accident occurred Friday evening when a dust storm caused blackout conditions on I-90, a major route in Montana. "What could people do? It really was just panic," a Highway Patrol official said.

Nova Safo reports on a new touring photography exhibition currently at the Downey Museum of Art. The exhibit Witness displays pictures of the face and hands of the Armenian genocide survivors. (5:00) The Downey Museum o Art is located at 10419 Rivers Avenue, Downey, California. The telephone number is 310-861-0419.

Claudette Colvin was 15 when she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus in 1955. After 66 years, a judge has approved her request to clear her record.

The Routes of Man is the new book by Ted Conover, a Pulitzer Prize nominee for Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing. Reviewer Maureen Corrigan says Conover's newest effort, about how roads shape the world in which we live, has "vivid armchair travel" appeal.

Glenn Derene, electronics editor at Consumer Reports, explains to Robert Siegel when to repair and when to replace a computer.

Disco. The very word conjures up images that some would like to forget — polyester, the Hustle, Saturday Night Fever, cocaine, Studio 54, all set to a throbbing 4/4 beat. But at the Experience Music Project, a music museum in Seattle, disco lovers can revel in a huge collection of the disco sights, sounds — and yes, even the clothes — at the biggest such exhibit ever mounted in America.

The fleet fingers of accordion player La India Canela stand out in the world of merengue music, and her original songs have her home country of the Dominican Republic dancing. She plays a song and speaks with Andrea Seabrook about overcoming the accordion's reputation as an instrument for men.

A cold front will move through Central and South Florida this weekend. There is a chance some storms will become severe and cause flash floods.

Researchers have published a new map highlighting the human impact on oceans worldwide. Their findings show oceans are in serious trouble, with declining fish stocks, disappearing coral reefs, and changing water chemistry.

One of the larger questions hanging over the presidential election is whether the Bush administration has made the country safer since Sept. 11. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

A British street artist known as Moose creates graffiti by cleaning dirt from sidewalks and tunnels -- sometimes for money when the images are used as advertising. But some authorities call it vandalism.

The snowstorm also forced flight cancellations and shut down a highway that connects Denver to Colorado ski resorts for much of the day, stranding some people in their cars for hours.

The U.S. economy grew at a rapid pace in the first three months of the year as more people got vaccinated and the federal government pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into people's pockets.

Economic and vaccination links to the U.S. have helped the U.S. Virgin Islands critical tourism sector recover robustly — but it now faces COVID's delta threat.

Hurricane Irma kept Florida from reaching a goal of 120 million visitors last year but didn’t stop the state from hitting a new single-year tourism high...

The magnitude 7.4 quake in Taipei killed at least seven people.

For some background on the sea exercises used by the American and Russian militaries in this post-Cold War era, Noah talks to Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution and author of Technological Change and the Future of Warfare. (4:30) Please note: Technological Change and the Future of Warfare, by Michael O'Hanlon is published by Brookings Institution Press, January 2000.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports the nation moved one step closer to a digital television broadcasting system today. The Federal Communications Commission, in a 4 - 0 vote, proposed rules that would match each of the nation's 1,600 television stations with a digital channel. The stations will continue broadcasting on their existing channels while making the changeover, a process that's expected to take up to 15 years.

On Local News Day, we sit down with Bay area newsroom leaders about the challenges facing community journalism.

"I'm gonna call the governor tomorrow," Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, said as he shouted obscenities at a trooper during an altercation at a rodeo.

NPR took a 2,428-mile trip along the border between Mexico and the U.S. Alt.Latino highlights some of the music heard along the way.

Alt.Latino observes the holiday by offering music and memories to loved ones we lost this year, with special dedications from our listeners.

A frigid air mass takes over Florida to end the week, but there is more cold weather on the way.