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President Biden is marking the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a visit to neighboring Poland after a whirlwind secret trip to Kyiv.

The massive computer hack didn't just target U.S. government systems. Many private companies were also hit, and the hackers have picked on tech companies in particular.

After a conflict and reckoning stemming from its controversial past, the Sierra Club had to look inward. Can Ben Jealous bring the organization into the future?

We're learning more about profits earned by the Sackler family from the sale of Oxycontin. Before Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy, the family transferred billions into their personal accounts.

NPR's David Greene talks to Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut about Tuesday's deposition of Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, about his part in the Trump-Ukraine investigation.

Richard Fierro, who stopped the Colorado Springs shooting suspect, owns a microbrewery with his wife. They hosted a fundraiser Tuesday for a non-profit that helps local LGBTQ college students.

Lights flickered or went out in some Ukrainian cities Thursday. More than 300 days into the war, airstrikes and power outages have become part of life. Where do things stand as the year winds down?

Under the Taliban, the mannequins in women's dress shops across the Afghan capital are a puzzling sight, their heads sometimes covered in silk, cloaked in cloth sacks or wrapped in black plastic bags.

A railroad union in Greece says it warned about system conditions before two trains collided. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Lydia Emmanouilidou about the country's worst rail disaster.

The lawmakers and environmental advocates are trying to include funding to address climate change in the latest farm bill, which is updated and passed by Congress every five years.

Cell phone rings. Loud talking. Candy wrappers crinkling. Even fights in the aisles. Have Broadway audiences gotten ruder?

The president gave in to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in their State of the Union spat, with political pressure mounting against him. But negotiating an end to the shutdown is a higher bar.

Alabama has lifted a moratorium on executions after a series of botched lethal injections. The state will resume executions even as some say it is still not ready to do so.

President Trump is succeeding in putting his judicial nominees on the bench, but liberal groups worry some of his picks for lifetime posts are not qualified. On Thursday, some of the most controversial nominees faced votes from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Hundreds of thousands of students are out of school in Los Angeles. The union representing school support staff began a three-day strike on Tuesday.

The deal was brokered by the Swiss government to try to contain a crisis of confidence in global financial markets.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to NPR's Domenico Montanaro about where Rand Paul fits in the Republican field of contenders for president in 2016 and the issues that bolster his appeal to young people.

As sea levels rise, saltwater intrusion and heat will create challenges for certain plants and trees to survive in the coming years, and Florida is on the front lines.

More than 300,000 African and African-American slaves were sold in Shockoe Bottom. Today, residents and city officials are debating how to preserve the area: Memorial or stadium and museum?

After a Florida man was bitten by an alligator on his doorstep, an expert weighs in on the risk and offers tips on escaping an alligator attack.

Lawmakers are poised to extend the Parents Rights in Education law to higher grade levels, but the education board beat them to it by expanding the rule to including Grades 4-12.

Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports have intensified since Moscow suspended participation in a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach world markets.

TikToker Alex Parra (@Alex1leg) plans to compete in this weekend's San Francisco Marathon on crutches to raise awareness for athletes with disabilities.

France, Italy and Spain announced evacuations for their citizens and other Europeans. The U.S. has yet to announce evacuation plans for Americans but some have left the with the help of the Europeans.

President Bush is threatening a veto if the Senate passes a Democratic plan that calls for the beginning of a drawdown of troops in Iraq within four months.