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Dozens have drowned trying to cross the river to EU-member Romania. Border guards are trying to stop them, as the Ukrainian military pushes mass conscription to address troop shortages.

"We are going to do everything we can in this round to get all the American hostages, living and dead, out," Ambassador Jacob J. Lew tells NPR. His tenure as President Biden's envoy ends this month.

Americans who run different kinds of businesses are trying to figure out what's going on with tariffs and how to respond.

Twenty years ago, Israel dismantled its settlements and withdrew from the Gaza Strip. Now, Israelis ask if it helped pave the way for the Oct. 7 attack, and some want to resettle there.

"Today is different than before," says historian Garrett Graff, who discusses his analysis that the United States has "now tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and fascism."

The Smokehouse Creek fire tore through the Texas Panhandle early last year, burning over a million acres in just weeks. In the small town of Canadian, where the devastation was severe, residents say the heartbreak lingers and a full recovery could take years.

Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's fictional hometown of Stars Hollow was born after Gilmore Girls creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, stayed in northwestern Connecticut. The show premiered in the fall of 2000.

President Carter delivered a crucial speech on July 15, 1979. As we look back at his life and administration -- what does his so called "malaise" speech say about Carter?

When it comes to making art, what's the difference between inspiration and theft? That's the question at the heart of one of the biggest musical copyright trials in years that began this week.

Filmmaker Ken Burns tells NPR's Michel Martin about the role that federal funding has played in his documentary work and the potential impact of the loss of that funding on children's programming.