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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to attorney Peter Zeidenberg about his client, Feng "Franklin" Tao of the University of Kansas, who was convicted of fraud in the Trump-era "China Initiative" probe.

When Russian forces took over neighborhoods in Ukraine, it was difficult to evacuate people. Project Dynamo helps get people out.

The U.S. announced another series of sanctions against Russia Thursday, which include the world's largest diamond mining company and a Russian warship manufacturer.

A private space crew is heading to the International Space Station, but it's not just a tourist trip. The crew will advance the understanding of how space affects human health.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dara Ferguson, incoming president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association, about the Senate confirming judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Gianna Paniagua, who's had life-long heart problems, talks to her mother, Lourdes Matamoros, about her dream of becoming a doctor. Paniaqua is currently finishing her pre-med program at Columbia.

Medicare officials announced on Thursday that the health insurance program for older Americans will sharply limit coverage of a costly and controversial new Alzheimer's drug.

A controversy over school integration in San Francisco has spurred the city's normally apolitical Asian-American community to action. As Holly Kernan reports for All Things Considered, the issue shows just how powerful this constituency has become in California.

For just a few weeks a year on Alaska's Kenai River, locals are allowed to use dipnet -- homemade nets attached to long metal poles -- to catch enough salmon to last the winter. For $20, anyone can make a net and catch dozens of fish. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports, in the second part of her Morning Edition series on fishing.

NPR's Jacki Lyden has traveled the globe in search of stories. But on a recent trip to Ireland, she became part of the story itself. She led a motley "army" on a six-day, 165-mile-long trek through the Irish countryside in a quest to bring a true Irish folk tale to life.