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Smoke rises this week in the city of Sievierodonetsk during heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 31)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Kieran Culkin is having fun with 'Succession' — and he hopes you are too

Culkin plays one of three siblings vying for control of a media empire. The character, he says, "doesn't really know what [it] means to suffer consequences." Originally broadcast Dec. 6, 2021.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies at 50

The longtime drummer for the megaplatinum band has died. On Saturday, Colombian officials released a statement, saying they found evidence of 10 types of substances in Hawkins' body.

The unexpected end to Atlanta's heartbreak

Atlanta, Ga., home of many post-season heartbreaks, is finally a winner. The city is celebrating the Braves winning the World Series.

Business leader turned military commander Vsevolod Kozhemyako stands at a position in Ruska Lozova, a village retaken by the Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region, May 16.

A look inside the Ukrainian 'billionaire's battalion' fighting Russian forces

Vsevolod Kozhemyako, one of Ukraine's wealthiest men, has set up his own battalion to fight Russian forces. He funds, trains and leads a light infantry unit on the front lines.

Ukrainians wait in a miles-long jam full of trucks, buses and cars to cross to the border at Medyka, Poland.

Millions rushed to leave Ukraine. Now the queue to return home stretches for miles

If you want to get into Ukraine by vehicle, you might have to wait hours at the Medyka border, where people sit in a line of cars that stretches for miles and takes hours to move.

Female community health care workers protest in New Delhi, India, in August 2020. The women are part of a government program called Accredited Social Health Activists — and are demanding higher pay and better working conditions. In May, the program won an award from the World Health Organization.

These female health-care workers won a huge WHO honor. They'd like a raise, too

India's all-female task force of community health-care workers won the World Health Organization's Global Health Leaders Awards. But instead of recognition, some want a better salary and benefits.

Graphic novelist O'Connor turns ancient gods and goddesses into modern superheroes

George O'Connor has turned the legends of Greek gods into best-selling graphic novels for kids. The Olympians series is faithful to the ancient myths where gender and sex fluidity was embraced.

Sights & Sounds: Carolina de Robertis

Sights & Sounds is your weekly guide to the Bay Area arts scene. KALW’s Jeneé Darden sat down with bestselling author Carolina de Robertis to talk about…

A woman loads her car at a food pantry in Norfolk, Virginia. Inflation sent food prices soaring just as emergency pandemic support for many people ended.

Demand at food banks is way up again. But inflation makes it harder to meet the need

High food and gas prices are squeezing working families, sending some to food pantries for the first time. But providers are struggling with high costs, fewer donations and supply chain woes.

The difficulties the superintendent of the year sees in this school year and forward

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Curtis Cain, the 2022 National Superintendent of the Year, about the challenges in the current and incoming school year.

South African actress Khanyi Mbau, one of the stars of Netflix's new original reality show set in Africa, <em>Young, Famous & African. </em>

Opinion: 5 Things I'd change about Netflix's 'Young, Famous & African'

If Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor could have a hand in creating another season of the reality show, he'd ditch the 'Real Housewives' drama and get the cast to talk about COVID vaccines.

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