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Ukrainians discuss the tactics of working in small groups at the military training called "Test Week" for civilians provided by one of the most successful units of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 7. Its aim is to give civilians a sense of what they will experience if they are conscripted or decide to enlist in military service.

Ukraine's military trains civilians in 'Test Week' to give a sense of war with Russia

Ukraine needs more soldiers as its troops defend Ukrainian territory and carry out an offensive inside Russia. An elite Ukrainian military unit offers civilians a one-week tryout as soldiers.

From the physics of g-force to weightlessness: How it feels to launch into space

We kickoff our series Space Camp with a look at space launches. What does hurtling into space feel like? What physics are involved? And what's the "junk" in Earth's orbit?

A house, center, lies toppled off its stilts after the passage of Hurricane Milton, alongside an empty lot where a home was swept away by Hurricane Helen, in Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla., on Thursday.

Small business disaster loan program is out of money until new funds are approved

The SBA’s disaster loan program has run out of money, it announced on Tuesday. The agency expects to receive new funding from Congress, and will continue to accept applications in the meantime.

At age 8 in 2009, EJ Beck hugs her favorite book, Laura Ingalls Wilder's These Happy Golden Years. At 10, center, she is pictured in the hospital where she was treated for thyroid cancer. For Beck and her family, the Happy Golden Years image became emblematic of her life, before. At right, EJ Beck today is a 23-year-old medical student.

Cancer interrupted their school lives, but also set them on a mission

Pediatric cancer survival rates are a crowning medical achievement. But the impact of missing school is a less-discussed side effect children then face.

Axel O'Brien, 17, (center) works with interns on the group video game project at Jacobs High Tech High, San Diego, Calif., June 4, 2024

Meet the San Diego students coding their way to college and future careers

Two seniors at Jacobs High Tech High created a coding internship to support juniors in meeting a graduation requirement.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas poses for a portrait at NPR Headquarters in Washington, DC, on Jan. 7.

Departing DHS Secretary Mayorkas contends he delivered border security in the end

As Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas prepares to leave office, NPR sits down for an exit interview. He tells us the border is more secure now than before the pandemic.

Navy veteran Miguel Navarro smiles sitting atop a surfboard with both arms outstretched and an instructor behind him as they ride into shore.

Veterans drop into week-long adaptive sports clinic surfing in La Jolla

The Veterans Affairs Summer Sports Clinic brings more than 100 disabled veterans to San Diego from around the country every year.

The San Diego Superior Court is shown in this undated photo.

San Diego County judge orders conditional release of sexually violent predator, after protests scuttled earlier attempts

Merle Wakefield was cleared for release four years ago. But the state has struggled to place him in the community as residents protested his release.

Bob Nicholson stands in front of the townhouse in Burke, Va., he sold last year because he and his wife were moving abroad. Back in the U.S. sooner than they expected, Nicholson now regrets selling the home.

He sold his house. Now, he is struggling to find a home he can afford

It can be hard to get a foothold in today's tough housing market — even for folks who have been homeowners before.

A Georgia couple filed a lawsuit against Emory University Hospital Midtown after they claimed hospital staff misplaced part of the husband's skull following his emergency brain surgery. The outside of the hospital is shown in this Google Maps image.

Atlanta hospital is accused of losing part of patient's skull following brain surgery

Fernando Cluster underwent emergency surgery in September 2022 at Emory University Hospital Midtown to relieve bleeding in his brain, which required part of his skull to be removed.

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