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Ayesha Rascoe speaks with writer and director Mei Makino about her new coming-of-age film.

Russians celebrate Victory Day on Monday, May 9. The annual event marks the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, but it has taken on added importance this year because of Ukraine.

Debates about abortion often center around the issue of when life begins. Some religions say it's at conception. Another says it's with the baby's first breath.

House Republicans vote in a closed session Wednesday on whether to make rules changes that could shield Majority Leader Tom DeLay. A Texas grand jury has indicted several members of DeLay's staff on criminal charges related to campaign finances. A rule change could keep DeLay in his post if he were indicted. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

Ukraine's outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, supports a restaging of the entire presidential election. But the opposition rejects this proposal, saying a new election would be too time-consuming. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

A report outlining proposed reforms of the United Nations, including an expansion of the group's Security Council, is formally presented to Secretary-General Kofi Annan. NPR's Melissa Block talks about the report with Nancy Soderberg, a former alternate representative to the U.N.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden spent Mother's Day in Slovakia, meeting Ukrainian mothers who have been displaced by Russia's war and assuring them that the "hearts of the American people" are behind them.

The Central Intelligence Agency braces for the expected resignation of its most senior spy. Stephen Kappes is the third high-profile CIA official to leave the agency since Porter Goss took over as CIA head seven weeks ago. CIA insiders say Kappes is being forced out by Goss' management team. Hear NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Boeing's former chief financial officer pleads guilty in the growing scandal over the firm's defense contracts with the federal government. A top Air Force officer has also pled guilty in the investigation into favoritism in military acquisitions. NPR's David Schaper reports.

In a court hearing the Bush administration defends its method for deciding who is an enemy combatant and should be imprisoned indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.