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Almost 1 in 10 nurses who were issued new licenses last year waited six months or more, an NPR analysis found. Nurses say patient care suffers as these delays make staffing shortages even worse.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says that prioritizing vaccine and testing availability over masking helped the state achieve a high rate of immunization and relatively low death rate.

The meeting in Turkey is the highest-level talks between the two countries since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

Ukraine's president has been sharing videos of destroyed hospitals — calling on the West to impose a no-fly zone. U.S. Secretary of State Blinken says the goal is to end the war not to expand it.

A maternity hospital in Ukraine was hit with direct strike. A survey takes the pulse of the professionals responsible for voting in America. Kids under 5 still aren't eligible for COVID-19 vaccines.

Russia's war on Ukraine and the resulting oil price spike have forced the Biden White House to consider all kinds of measures for fossil fuel that it once would have shunned.

Scott Simon asks Karen Joy Fowler about her new historical novel, "Booth," in which she focuses on the parents and siblings of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

Elissa Nadworny speaks to Peng Shepherd about her new book, "The Cartographers," where the daughter of a murdered map scholar unravels the mystery of a map she finds hidden in his desk.

The latest news from Ukraine, including the bombing of an Mairupol art school where civilians were taking cover, and allegations that Russians are taking Ukrainians over the border by force.

More than 1,700 Ukrainians are studying in the U.S. Three of them spoke to NPR about their feelings of guilt and distraction, and what they're doing to help.