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The number of people coming into the U.S. from Canada continues to increase. We visit border communities in New York, where the response to migrants is mixed.

Dozens have drowned trying to cross the river to EU-member Romania. Border guards are trying to stop them, as the Ukrainian military pushes mass conscription to address troop shortages.

South Korean hospitals are suffering as a strike by medical residents and interns is reaching its seventh month.

Ukraine's incursion into Russia opens a third front that Kyiv is counting on to build leverage and morale. NPR's A Martinez talks with the Financial Times' Ukraine correspondent Christopher Miller.

Four years after the police shooting of Jacob Blake put Kenosha, Wisconsin in the national spotlight over racial justice in policing, the Trump campaign is still courting voters there on the issue of law-and-order. The message is resonating with some voters but not others.

Venezuela's former President Nicolas Maduro appeared in a Manhattan federal courthouse for a pretrial hearing on narco-terrorism and other charges.

It can be anxiety-inducing to deliver a speech in front of an audience. NPR's Life Kit talks with a speechwriter and a speech coach to get their best tips for public speaking.

NPR's Michel Martin discusses the Virginia redistricting vote with Kyle Kondik of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

After a tumultuous 13 months at the helm of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary has resigned.

How desperate is Russian President Vladimir Putin to get a decisive win in Ukraine? NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Hanna Notte of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation.

After spending most of the full-scale war in Russian captivity, the former mayor of a frontline Ukrainian city recalls his ordeal as he returns to a hometown deeply transformed by modern warfare.

Ukraine is playing an outsized role in Hungary's election, where the Kremlin-aligned ruling party accuses Kyiv of sabotaging pipelines, laundering money and dragging Hungarians into war.

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that more foreign aid is necessary to beat back Vladimir Putin's ambitions to expand Russia's influence across Europe.

The U.S. Constitution bans slavery except as punishment for a crime. A growing number of states have tried to address this in their own constitutions, but prisoners say the only change is on paper.

The Miami Dolphins are playing an exciting brand of football using speed to their advantage through the first five games of the NFL season.

Even in glitzy Aspen, Colo., there are people who have trouble affording food. A local snowboard instructor is hooking them up.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual four-hour press conference, a tradition that was canceled last year as Russia was suffering defeat on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Halloween is here with all its stories of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. In a century-old corner bar in Milwaukee, Wis., it's a radio doing the haunting.

Abortion rights advocates have been on a winning streak as they take the issue directly to voters via ballot measures. Ohio is the only state directly voting on abortion this cycle.

2023 began on a tough note for Russian President Putin, with his war in Ukraine stagnating and criticism from the head of the Wagner group. Now, that man is dead and Ukraine may be running out of aid.