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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's Senate confirmation hearings

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding the third of four days of hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court. Lawmakers will spend Wednesday questioning her.

Former Iowa U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer is hoping to replace longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. Finkenauer is the front-runner for Iowa's Democratic primary on Tuesday.

Primary contests to watch Tuesday, led by races in California, Iowa and Montana

June's primary calendar kicks off Tuesday with seven states holding contests. One local race to watch: LA mayor.

These 4 novels will get your summer off to a terrific start

Book critic Maureen Corrigan has been diving into lighter literary novels and mysteries, searching for books suited for the beginning of summer. Here are some of her picks.

A Ukrainian national flag is seen through a window of a destroyed apartment, on Thursday in Borodianka, Ukraine.

Opinion: The failed promise of 'never again'

NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of a 91-year-old woman who surived the Holocaust, but could not survive Russia's weeks-long assault on Mariupol.

A man looks at a five-story residential buildings in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, on April 10, 2022.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 10)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Nancy Rose, right, who contracted COVID-19 in 2021 and continues to exhibit long-haul symptoms including brain fog and fatigue, cooks for her mother, Amy Russell, left, at their home, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Port Jefferson, N.Y. Researchers are trying to understand what causes these long COVID symptoms.

What's ailing long COVID patients? A new federal study looks for clues

The first results from an in-depth investigation of long COVID produced provocative results. Researchers don't understand the mechanism behind the lingering symptoms but found a link with anxiety.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Turkey on Friday.

Turkey's president opposes letting Finland, Sweden join NATO

"We are following developments concerning Sweden and Finland, but we are not of a favorable opinion," Erdogan told reporters.

Allergies to pollen are often worse in spring, and could get even worse as temperatures rise. Many people are allergic to the fine and powdery pollen shed by trees, including willows.

Rising temperatures prolong pollen season and could worsen allergies

As the climate warms, plants bloom earlier in the spring, overlap with other species and could even start growing in new locations. That's bad news for people with pollen allergies.

Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a Saudi humanitarian aid group, in Kabul on April 25. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public.

The Taliban orders women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public

The decree, which calls for women in Afghanistan to show only their eyes and recommends they wear the burqa, evoked similar restrictions during the Taliban's previous rule.

A mural of Ahmaud Arbery is on display in Brunswick, Ga., where he was shot and killed in 2020.

One of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery spoke with the DA several times

The day after the shooting, then-District Attorney Jackie Johnson placed a call to Greg McMichael, a retired investigator for her office.

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