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In a war-ruined district of Kharkiv, a widower tries to repair his bombed apartment building as Ukraine struggles to restore neighborhoods destroyed by Russian attacks.

Chancellor Sonya Christian of the California Community College system talks about the impact of funding cuts for students.

A sound artist set out to capture the acoustic wonder of a famed swath of quaking aspens. It's one of the largest trees on the planet, known as Pando.

While winter storms caused major power outages in Nashville, its downtown music scene saw a lot more locals who took up hotel rooms usually occupied by tourists.

According to the Labor Department, employers added 224,000 jobs in June, despite a disappointing May. The strong job market could reduce pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

The New York legislature is considering undoing a prohibition-era law that allows local governments to opt-out of alcohol sales. Some communities say the state is interfering with local control.

An increasing number of Venezuelan opposition activists are trying to flee the country. But finding refuge in other Latin American countries can be challenging.

A proposed merger between Atrium Health and WakeMed is drawing pushback from state leaders over transparency and the specter of rising costs. Wake County commissioners have delayed a key vote as questions mount.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN about a rising tennis star at Wimbledon and the upcoming Women's World Cup final.

The Center for Reproductive Rights is filing lawsuits in three different states over delayed and denied abortions. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 12, 2023.)

Kenyans are going to the polls Tuesday to elect a new president. The two front runners are familiar names in the East African nation.

Northern Israel is on edge after mass attacks across the border in Lebanon.

Justin Leonard and Matthew Kurvink, who are serving sentences for armed robbery, share what it's like to train wild horses at Four Mile Correctional Facility in Colorado.

Poet and performance artist John Giorno launched Dial-a-Poem in the 1960s to deliver random poems over the phone. Now, a group continues his work on a new medium -- the internet.

South of Los Angeles, the coastal city of Rancho Palos Verdes is under a state of emergency as landslides threaten the community.

Alek Hermon didn't think much of his father's overnight nurse until his father died.

Workers at a landfill in California have started rescuing items, cleaning them up, and reselling them at a new shop on the premises. The proceeds support various recycling projects.

Services across the Holy Land memorialized the Palestinian civilians killed Thursday when an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City, where some 400 people were sheltering.

Hurricane Idalia is the second major hurricane to hit the state in nearly a year. NPR's Scott Simon asks Stephanie Colombini about recovery efforts.

The move paves the way for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh, the president's nominee to head the central bank.