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French President Emanuel Macron has taken center stage in the ongoing Ukraine crisis, insisting on the centrality of Europe to diplomacy.

This week, President Biden said Vladimir Putin has committed war crimes in Ukraine, but will the Russian president ever stand trial for such crimes? NPR's Scott Simon discusses in this week's essay.

As the U.S. nears one million deaths from COVID-19, analysis finds nearly a third of those deaths could have been prevented — if people had been vaccinated.

Russia's highest court ordered Memorial International to close, alleging violations of foreign funding rules. The real reasons are more complex.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will mobilize up to 300,000 additional troops to fight in Ukraine. Moscow appears poised to annex the Ukrainian territory it currently controls.

The rapper was hailed as "the most original West Coast stylist in decades." He was reportedly stabbed at the Once Upon a Time in LA music festival.

Bay Area soul music icon Darondo, who would have turned 75 this month, was nearly lost to history. Local music historian Justin Torres took it upon himself to search Darondo out.

In a shock to women's tennis fans, superstar Ash Barty says it's time "to put the rackets down," announcing her retirement at age 25.

Amid Russia-Ukraine crisis, more U.S. troops will go to Europe. Ex-Chicago police officer who killed a Black teenager will leave prison early. A huge storm is sweeping across the nation's midsection.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner, Jenniffer González-Colón, about the devastation of the island's critical infrastructure by Hurricane Fiona.

livestock in Colombia are raised on vast, open ranges. Overseeing the herds requires the special skills of Colombian cowboys who are known as llaneros — Spanish for "plainsmen."

Sergey Radchenko, professor of Russian history at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies takes a look at Putin's speech declaring a partial mobilization in Russia.