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Russian President Vladimir Putin cited NATO expansion as a major reason he started the war, but the invasion may have backfired.

Wolves are a threat to cattle and other livestock across the Mountain West.

More than half of China's biggest cities are still under some form of lockdown measures. They're costing people economically and emotionally.

A family who fled the northern city of Chernihiv resettled in western Ukraine. Four weeks after they escaped, they're adjusting to a quieter normal life and dealing with their traumas.

CDC has unveiled a new pandemic forecasting center, but officials say there's along way to go to make pandemics as predictable as the weather.

Dr. J. Randall Pearce was a popular small town dentist who also served in disaster mortuary response after the 9/11 attacks. He lost his life to COVID-19 in December of 2020.

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about his book, "Searching for Peace: A Memoir of Israel." He's said he's innocent, but went to prison for corruption charges.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Anastasia, a woman who lives and works in Moscow, about what life in Russia looks like since the country invaded Ukraine.

A team of three women have won the right to represent the United States at the Athens Olympics later this year in a new sport: "Yngling" class sailing. With an average age of 40, the team is older than most other Olympian athletes -- but these women say the extra years they've spent out on the water are the key to their success. NPR's Philip Davis reports.

Last year, the state of Massachusetts saw some 36,000 admissions into heroin treatment programs. In Boston, things have gotten so bad that a group of everyday people decided to take matters into their own hands by forming the South Boston Family Resource Center. NPR's Chris Arnold reports in the second of a five-part series on a growing addiction crisis.