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On Monday, President Biden appeared to rule out delivering F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, but Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov tells NPR he's optimistic Western allies will eventually supply them.

The driver of a car that plunged off a treacherous cliff in northern California, seriously injuring himself, his wife and their two young children, was charged with attempted murder.

The gale force of a stirring afterlife echoes through the Irish experimental folk band's version of this traditional song.

A bill that would change who qualifies for food and medical assistance in Iowa advanced out of a House subcommittee last week.

Canadian Pacific’s merger with Kansas City Southern is moving along and it has big implications on eastern Iowa. An Iowa Senate panel has advanced a bill in an effort to fix a 2021 state law that could raise taxes on residential property owners by up to $127 million this year. Plus, details on a dispute between two Des Moines-area organizations that get food to people in need has left some pantries in the metro struggling.

Human Rights Watch suggests that Ukraine scattered so-called petal mines in and around the city of Izium. Petal mines are prohibited under the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, of which Ukraine is a signatory.

A new book says the Great Resignation was really the Great Reshuffle.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield about the new aid package she announced to help address the food crisis in Somalia.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Paul Butler — law professor at Georgetown University, and author of the book Chokehold: Policing Black Men — about the culture and tactics of special police units.

Most doctors get little training in the science of obesity or how to counsel people with the disease. As a result, many patients experience stigma in the exam room.