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Russian soldiers left graffiti in the school in Borodyanka, a town outside of Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

How a Ukrainian teacher helped students escape Russia's invasion, and still graduate

As residents return to a liberated town near Kyiv, a teacher and her high school students recount what it took to survive the war.

What People Really Make (and Spend) Behind Bars

The Marshall Project asked people in prison to track their earning and spending — and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days. Their accounts reveal a thriving underground economy behind bars.

The Cincinnati skyline is lit up in orange the night the Bengals beat the Kansas City Chiefs to land a spot in this year's Super Bowl.

The Bengals find some luck in the Year of the Tiger, and Cincinnati is celebrating

Fans in Cincinnati are ecstatic over their win against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game. The team's victory coincides with the Lunar New Year and a cleansing of bad history.

Scott Simon's cufflinks, gifted from his mother to his father one Valentine's Day, after they had divorced.

Opinion: My father's Valentine's Day cufflinks

NPR's Scott Simon recalls two elephant cufflinks his mother gave his father for Valentine's Day years after their divorce, and how that gift speaks of a love greater than romantic love.

Lee Morgan was killed in 1972, tragedy cutting short the life and career of the prolific and celebrated jazz musician. Nearly 50 years later, one fan discovered that Morgan's resting place seemed to have vanished.

How a jazz legend's resting place was lost and found, 50 years after his tragic death

Though the trumpeter Lee Morgan was killed in 1972, his legacy was well maintained. At least it seemed so, until one fan discovered last year that Morgan's gravesite seemed to have vanished.

A plane lands at Los Angeles International Airport on Aug. 25. The airline industry hasn't come out against a government-imposed vaccine mandate for domestic travel, but the U.S. Travel Association, which represents a broader coalition of travel-dependent businesses, has.

With Vaccines Now Mandated For Workplaces, Will A Travel Mandate Be Next?

Public health officials and infectious disease experts say requiring vaccination for domestic air and rail travel would help slow COVID-19's spread, but the travel industry opposes a vaccine mandate.

Not all Russians agree with their government's military actions in Ukraine, but speaking out can come with major repercussions.

Anastasia thinks about leaving Russia. Here's what her life looks like today

Anastasia has considered leaving her home in Moscow as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues. She feels trapped, cut off from the world, and unable to speak out.

Mayor Kim Janey wipes away tears as she delivers a farewell address in Roxburys Hibernian Hall in Boston, marking her historic term as the first woman and first Black Mayor of Boston on Nov. 10.

Why Boston will need to wait longer for its 1st elected Black mayor

Asian American Michelle Wu is Boston's first elected mayor who isn't a white man. While many celebrate the milestone, others lament that all the Black candidates failed.

Costa Rica's Ian Lawrence, right, vies for the ball with U.S. player DeAndre Yedlin during their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 CONCACAF qualifier match in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Wednesday.

The U.S. men's soccer team qualifies for the World Cup despite its loss to Costa Rica

The U.S. will learn on Friday which three nations it will face in the group stage of the World Cup, which starts Nov. 21. The men's team returns after a 2018 loss that broke its qualifying streak.

Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island are expected to vote on whether to unionize in the coming months.

Amazon faces another union vote, this time at a Staten Island warehouse

Federal labor officials found enough support among Amazon workers on Staten Island to pave the way for a union election. It could be the second union vote for Amazon this year.

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