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Ukraine marked 90 years since a terrible famine that killed at least 4 million of its people. The event was especially poignant this year as Ukraine deals with its present crisis.

President Biden is using his budget to show how he could cut the deficit and still fund his pledges like universal preschool, paid leave and more childcare funding.

People in the paths of tornadoes — especially in rural areas without cell service — too often miss warnings that save lives.

After a third indictment was brought against former President Trump, some Republican rivals are reacting with caution.

The decision reversed decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to attorney Jared Genser about one of the five Americans freed from a Tehran prison and is now under house arrest, following a new U.S.-Iran deal.

Two small-business owners discuss whether the tax incentives included in President Obama's jobs bill would be incentive enough to hire new workers. Andy Hann of Fountain Hills Door and Supply in Arizona says until the construction industry rebounds, he's not going to be able to hire any workers. Meanwhile, Simone Wilker of the printing shop AlphaGraphics in Paramus, N.J., says the incentives might just be the push she needs to take on another sales person.

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced the indictment of eight people for their role in an alleged cocaine distribution ring in which packages containing kilograms of cocaine were shipped from Puerto Rico to Long Island via the United States Postal Service and then sold on the streets of Suffolk County.

In 2001, Lt. Katherine Flynn Nolan returned to Normandy for the first time since World War II and immediately began having flashbacks. The veteran nurse and her youngest son, who treated troops for combat stress in Afghanistan, recount their shared experiences, decades apart.

Few places in the U.S. are more threatened by global warming than Everglades National Park in Florida. Park officials say the national park as well as the water supply and flood control for 6 million people who live in south Florida are at risk.