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FILE - Residents watch as a China Eastern passenger jet prepares to take off on a test flight from the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on Monday, May 13, 2019. State media are reporting a Chinese airliner from China Eastern with 133 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday.

A Jetliner crashed with 132 aboard in southern China, officials say

Authorities have not yet determined the total number of casualties or why the plane went down as debris is seen littered across a mountainside in Guangxi's Teng county.

As students have returned to school this year, mental health issues related to the pandemic are surging.

Kids are back in school — and struggling with mental health issues

This school year was supposed to bring a return to normalcy. But the stress of transitioning back to in-person learning and the ever-changing pandemic has caused a surge in mental health needs.

Many soldiers in Ukraine will long be left with the mental toll of trench warfare

The brutal trench warfare-style fighting happening in eastern Ukraine is traumatizing soldiers. There are concerns in Ukraine about the psychological legacy it will leave behind.

Joey Reed, the father of former US Marine Trevor Reed, stands next to a placard of his son during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2021.

U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed is released from Russia in a prisoner swap

Reed had been held in Russia since 2019. He was exchanged for pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S.

Craig Robinson and his wife, Kelly Robinson, have filed a lawsuit against a Milwaukee-area private school over issues of inclusiveness and alleged racism. Here, they arrive at a state dinner at the White House in 2016.

Michelle Obama's brother and his wife sue Milwaukee school for alleged racial bias

Craig and Kelly Robinson say the University School of Milwaukee ended their sons' enrollment after they raised concerns about the school's treatment of students of color and other alleged biases.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (center) is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Thursday.

Ex-Honduran President Hernández is extradited to the U.S. on drug charges

A handcuffed Juan Orlando Hernández left Honduras on an airplane with agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to face legal proceedings in New York City.

Border Patrol agents detain a group of migrants in El Paso, Texas, near the border wall after they entered the U.S. from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in February.

Immigration advocates warn of midterm risks for Democrats if Title 42 isn't lifted

With voter enthusiasm among Democrats already lagging going into the midterms, immigration advocates say they will dampen it more by not calling for the 2020 public health order to be lifted.

Reporters and residents stand outside a residential building that was damaged by what authorities say is a Russian bombardment in the Vynogradir district of Kyiv, Ukraine on March 15. Some Ukrainian journalists have been detained and held hostage in Russian-occupied areas of the country.

Russian forces are reportedly holding Ukrainian journalists hostage

International groups say Russian soldiers are threatening, detaining and even torturing Ukrainian journalists in occupied areas. One news editor says troops are holding her 75-year-old father hostage.

Wilco members Jeff Tweedy (right) and Glenn Kotche (center) spoke with NPR's Scott Simon about embracing country on their album <em>Cruel Country</em>.

Wilco releases an out-and-out country music double album with 'Cruel Country'

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche about their new album Cruel Country, and about writing songs with uncomfortable truths.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, has been at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., since Friday, after experiencing "flu-like symptoms," the court said in a statement.

Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized with an infection, Supreme Court says

Justice Thomas' condition is improving and he will likely be released within two days, the court said. He'll stay involved in the consideration of any cases the court hears this week.

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