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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, head of the U.S. Transportation Command, about the massive task of shipping weapons to Ukraine to help in the fight against Russia.

The war in Ukraine enters its fifth year this week, with millions of Ukrainians displaced, hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed, and little change on the battlefield.

A candlelight vigil for Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian woman fatally stabbed on the Charlotte light rail last month, will be held Monday at 8 p.m. at the East/West Boulevard light rail station. The Mecklenburg County Republican Party is organizing the vigil to mark one month since her death.

A vigil was held Monday night to honor and celebrate Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian woman fatally stabbed while riding the Charlotte light rail a month ago.

The state Department of Environmental Quality responded that the program would help an estimated 12,000 households, reducing energy bills by 20%. A written statement from the department said that “termination of this program puts economic prosperity and energy security at risk for all North Carolinians.”

Under Jean Bordewich's leadership, the college recently wrapped up a successful fundraising campaign, raising more than $6 million. But challenges remain.

The gruesome stabbing of a 23-year-old Ukrainian woman aboard a Charlotte light rail train has sparked an outpouring of grief, anger and a rush by politicians to assign blame. One thing both parties can agree on: Repeat offenders cycling through the system present a major problem.

The Mecklenburg County Republican Party on Wednesday announced plans to hold a candlelight vigil for Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian woman fatally stabbed on the Charlotte light rail last month.

An obituary published by the family of Iryna Zarutska provides more details on the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed to death on the light rail in South End on Friday night. Zarutska came to the U.S. in 2022 with her mother, brother and sister to escape Russia’s war. She had an art degree from a college in Kyiv, loved animals and wanted to become a veterinary assistant.

Construction projects in North Carolina could significantly slow down because contractors can't find enough workers to meet demand in the midst of the ongoing federal immigration crackdown.

Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the best-known parts of Mexico's capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too.

In Kyiv, dance parties on a frozen river keep spirits — and bodies — warm after Russian strikes shattered Ukraine's energy grid.

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a lengthy press conference in Kyiv Friday as the country marked one year since Russia's invasion.

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with parents Alex Spektor and Irma Nuñez on the first birthday of their twin boys who were evacuated as newborns from Ukraine in the early days of the war.

A nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine is at risk of melting down because of attacks on the surrounding electric grid. European officials want international inspectors to visit the plant.

European sanctions on Russia have caused massive traffic back-ups along the Latvian border. The war has also put the region's inhabitants in the middle of two hostile power blocs.

Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica.

As Ramadan begins, traditional lanterns called fawanees brighten Cairo. They have become a symbol of Ramadan and are an almost-mandatory home decoration for the holy month in Egypt.