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Russia says it put its nuclear forces on a higher state of alert, and Western officials have raised the prospect of chemical weapons attacks. How serious are these threats?

Ukraine's president has been sharing videos of destroyed hospitals — calling on the West to impose a no-fly zone. U.S. Secretary of State Blinken says the goal is to end the war not to expand it.

Russia's war on Ukraine and the resulting oil price spike have forced the Biden White House to consider all kinds of measures for fossil fuel that it once would have shunned.

College basketball's March Madness has begun, the latest on American basketball star Brittney Griner who's detained in Russia, and a controversial trade shakes up the NFL.

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that ratings for President Biden's handling of the Ukraine crisis has declined. Also, election primaries begin in Indiana and Ohio this week.

As Congressional primaries begin in earnest this month, both centrist and progressive Democrats argue they will have a better chance of winning against Republicans in November.

E. Lockhart's prequel to We Were Liars works perfectly well, too, as a standalone coming-of-age novel about grief, addiction, young love, and learning to navigate the world.

Twenty-five years after his death, it's still difficult to get many people not to think of Keith Moon as just a hard-drinking, lunatic rock star who would smash his drum set on stage or destroy a hotel room. But his biographer, Tony Fletcher, says The Who's legendary drummer should be remembered as the man who forever changed the sound of rock 'n' roll. On Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR's Liane Hansen talks to the author and bandmate Roger Daltrey about Moon's legacy.

Recent legislative activities in countries show the U.S. risks being out of step with the progress that the rest of the world is making in protecting sexual and reproductive rights.

From solar panels to electric buses — the Biden Administration wants to make it easier for schools to tap more than $5.5 billion for climate-friendly upgrades.

LGBTQ rights advocates call for state Rep. Cheryl Helmer to be formally censured after she publicly said she didn't want to share the women's restrooms at the Statehouse with a transgender colleague.

In an appearance with GOP congressional leaders at Camp David, President Trump addressed topics ranging from his own mental health to his legislative accomplishments.

The dairy industry is investing big in research to meet its carbon neutral goal by 2050, and to get farmers paid for climate friendly farm practices.

As multiple movie sequels come out this year, Vulture recently ranked the 101 best movie sequels ever made. NPR's A Martinez talks to TV and film critic Matt Zoller Seitz who contributed to the list

Activists are calling for charges against Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr in the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya following a scuffle after a traffic stop.

In the latest Politically Speaking column, NPR Correspondent Peter Overby examines the latest controversy over Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 -- whether the hit film is subject to federal campaign rules.

Arthur Schwartz of Ann Arbor, Mich., was a longtime employee of General Motors, a baseball fanatic and a loving father. He died in 2020 from COVID-19.

CBS' new realty show Arranged Marriage will follow four couples who enter into arranged marriages. James Poniewozik, who writes the Tuned In column for Time magazine, says the eternal game in reality TV is what can you do to up the last premise.

Writer Mark Jordan Legan presents a roundup of what critics are saying about the weekend's film releases. This week, he examines Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist and the long-anticipated Stars Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

Fifty years ago, poet Allen Ginsberg gave the first public reading of "Howl" at a gathering in San Francisco. It was a literary milestone: Many consider that night the birth of the Beat Generation. Ginsberg's friend and fellow poet, Gary Snyder also read that night and recalls the event.