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Migrants, many from Haiti, are seen at an encampment along the Del Rio International Bridge near the Rio Grande, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas.

Officials: Many Migrants From Border Camp Staying In US

U.S. officials say many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that Haitians who enter the country illegally face immediate expulsion.

Michelle Yeoh (center) plays Evelyn Wang, a Chinese immigrant who owns a failing laundromat. She protects her daughter Joy (left), played by Stephanie Hsu, and her husband Waymond (right), played by Ke Huy Quan.

Michelle Yeoh has a new leading role and a new motto: No more turning the other cheek

Michelle Yeoh has been a star for decades, but she finally gets her turn at a lead role in Hollywood, playing failing laundromat owner Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison testifies about seeing a subject in a firing stance in the apartment.

Louisville police officer not guilty of endangering neighbors in Breonna Taylor raid

A jury found former officer Brett Hankison not guilty of felony wanton endangerment for shots that went through a neighbor's wall. He's the only officer who has faced charges in the March 2020 raid.

Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova speaks during a news conference at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 24.

Ukrainian soldiers who profanely told off Russian warship may be alive, officials say

Last week, a Russian warship approached Snake Island and asked the Ukrainian forces there to surrender. The response from Ukraine was simple: "Russian warship. Go f*** yourself."

A woman leaves a currency exchange office in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday. Russian authorities are scrambling to stem panic as massive sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine are delivering Russia's worst economic shocks since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Russia's credit rating is cut to junk, and the dollar hits a new high vs. the ruble

Moody's cites multiple factors for the downgrade, from sanctions by the U.S., European Union and their allies to "significant concerns" that Russia might not be willing to pay its debts.

A Ukrainian girl and her cat wait at the platform inside Lviv railway station in Ukraine on Sunday. An international cat federation is banning Russian cats from its competitions for the next three months over its invasion of Ukraine.

The 'United Nations of cat federations' bans Russian cats from its competitions

The Fédération Internationale Féline is temporarily placing restrictions on cats that were bred in Russia or belong to exhibitors who live there, in response to its attack on Ukraine.

In this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, debris from damaged building and trees are strewn around on Atata Island in Tonga, on Jan. 28, 2022, following the eruption of an underwater volcano and subsequent tsunami.

Tonga's internet is restored 5 weeks after big volcanic eruption

The restoration of the internet comes as the South Pacific island nation grapples with its first outbreak of the coronavirus.

A health worker administers the oral polio vaccine to a young girl as other children wait for their turn at a school in Karachi, Pakistan on February 28, 2022. In response to an uptick in cases of vaccine-derived polio — a form of the disease that stems from the oral vaccine — many countries are rolling out a new oral polio vaccine.

How the U.S. case might tie into the global upswing in polio

Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. Now there's a likely U.S. case. Researchers are looking for ways to stop it.

More than 3 months after the Marshall Fire, clean up is only beginning near Louisville, Colo.

After a rough year, new wildfire warnings have Boulder, Colo., on edge

Boulder is again under a red flag warning for extreme wildfire danger as powerful winds like those that fanned a destructive blaze in December return to the drought stricken region.

<strong>March 20:</strong> Rachel Nockles, 7, gets a Ukrainian flag painted on her face at a STANDwithUKRAINE rally in front of the White House. Her mother is from Ukraine, but her family now lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Here's what support for Ukraine looks like across the United States

Photographers from NPR member stations across the United States have been documenting Americans' support for Ukraine over the last month.

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