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Daniel Romanchuk in Champaign, Illinois, before he departed for the Chicago Marathon.

5 major marathons. In 42 days. 2 back-to-back. How top wheelchair racers are doing it

Due to COVID-19 postponements, the races known collectively as the World Marathon Majors, are all scheduled from Sept. 26 to Nov.7. It's an unprecedented crunch for both runners and wheelchair racers.

Dayton Hall, left, and Jackson Mountjoy use calipers to measure a baby oyster at the school's oyster garden in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The school is among more than 50 locations in Mississippi and more than 1,000 nationwide where people raise oysters to help build reefs off their states' coasts.

Volunteers are growing oyster gardens to help restore reefs

There are more than 1,000 oyster gardens in the coastal waters of Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama as volunteers try to restore a keystone of coastal ecosystems.

Refugees from other wars see themselves in fleeing Ukrainians

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with people about the experience of being a refugee, how fleeing their home country has affected their life and what life is like now.

Sidney Poitier won his first Oscar in 1964 for his role as Homer, the reluctant handyman in <em>Lilies of the Field.</em>

Sir, we loved you: Sidney Poitier dies at 94

Poitier was the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's Lilies of the Field. His good looks and smooth, commanding presence made him an icon to generations of moviegoers.

Homeland Security secretary tours the damage from deadly weekend tornadoes

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the aftermath of deadly tornadoes in Kentucky and five other states. Dozens of people remain unaccounted for.

Demonstrators gather near the studio of singer R. Kelly to call for a boycott of his music on Jan. 9, 2019 after allegations of sexual abuse against young girls were raised on the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly.

'Surviving R. Kelly' Producer Dream Hampton Takes On Ecosystem That Supported The Star

The activist, filmmaker and writer chronicles sexual abuse allegations against R. Kelly in the six-part docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly, even as new allegations against him surface.

In this photograph taken in 2010, a Komodo dragon prowls the shore of Komodo island, the natural habitat of the world's largest lizard.

Climate Change Is Threatening Komodo Dragons, Earth's Largest Living Lizards

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, an assessment of the health of tens of thousands of species, Komodo dragons went from "vulnerable" to "endangered."

Wreckage Found In Russia After Plane Went Missing

The Antonov An-26 plane missed a scheduled communication earlier Tuesday and disappeared from radar when flying from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the town of Palana, officials said.

Richard Sobek, the Commander of American Legion Post 327 in Shawnee, Kansas, sits at the post's basement bar in this undated photo. The post is struggling to recover financially after being closed several months during the pandemic.

American Legion Posts Are Reopening, But Many Still Face A Financial Crisis

More than 12,000 American Legion posts closed for at least part of the pandemic. Those closures left some posts in financial trouble.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pictured in an April 2020 photograph.

California governor cancels trip to UN climate conference

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has suddenly canceled his trip to the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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