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Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck play a couple whose marriage is not what it seems in <em>Deep Water.</em>

'Deep Water' is a disjointed take on an unhappy couple's open marriage

Director Adrian Lyne made his mark in Hollywood years ago with films like Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal. Now he's back, with the story of a picture-perfect marriage marred by mind games.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association predicts drought conditions will persist for many parts of the country.

Drought conditions drive down Missouri River Basin flood risk

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects western Iowa’s drought condition to persist and little chance of flooding.

Farmers use combines to harvest a wheat field in July 2021 near the village Tbilisskaya, Russia. Russia accounts for 30% of global wheat exports.

The House approves a bill to suspend trade relations with Russia and Belarus

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill suspending normal trade relations with the countries, another move to squeeze them economically in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.

'The Bond King' details the rise and fall of notorious financial investor Bill Gross

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mary Childs, one of the hosts of NPR's Planet Money, about her new book The Bond King, which tells the story of a notorious financial investor.

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2020.

Elon Musk hints at a crewed mission to Mars in 2029

In 2016, Musk said that a "meaningful number of people" could reach the red planet in 10 years. Now, he seems to predict a crewed Mars landing in 2029.

A nurse checks a baby in a hospital basement being used as a bomb shelter in Kyiv. More than 300 health facilities lie within conflict lines or areas that Russia claims to control, according to the World Health Organization.

The WHO says Ukrainian health care is under attack, and it needs more funds to help

The World Health Organization has verified 43 attacks on health care in the three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, and says hundreds of facilities remain at risk.

Oleh Pokrovsky helps man a small checkpoint on a bumpy road leading to his village. "The privilege that we have of sitting here at this checkpoint is thanks directly to those who are enlisted in the military and are defending Ukraine's borders," he says. "If it weren't for them, then this would be under Russian occupation right now."

Far from the front lines, Ukrainians guard checkpoints and wait for the war to come

Checkpoints have sprung up across Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Men at a checkpoint near Lviv have Molotov cocktails ready. Even hundreds of miles from the battles, the war hangs over everything.

A satellite of the Mariupol theater from Monday, before it was bombed. The word "children" is written in white on the pavement.

130 people rescued from bombed Mariupol theater as crews search for hundreds more

As many as 1,000 or more people were in the theater and its shelter Wednesday at the time of the Russian airstrike, officials said.

Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury, pictured at a game in 2021. Russian state media reports she will remain in custody until May 19.

A Russian court extended Brittney Griner's detention until May 19, state media says

Russian authorities said earlier this month that they detained Griner at a Moscow-area airport for allegedly transporting vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage.

'Secret Identity' is a masterful 1970s literary mystery

Alex Segura's mystery-thriller features a queer Cuban-American artist fighting against the patriarchy and dodging bullets in the desperate, male-dominated world of comics.

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