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In the borderlands near Crimea, there is a war for the hearts and minds of Ukrainian citizens.

Dr. Mai Pham left a corporate career to spark change in a system that is failing millions of Americans with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Some Rams and Bengals have seized their moment on football's biggest stage to make an impact long after they have left the field.

NPR found at least 140 athletes listed as competing in this Winter Games that are over the age of 35, according to the Olympic Studies Center.

As the fate of 15-year-old Russian skating phenom Kamila Valieva is debated by lawyers, the athletes and coaches in Beijing say this year's Winter Olympics are now tainted by the specter of doping.

President Biden has been spending a lot of time courting senators — from both sides of the aisle — ahead of making his decision on who to nominate for a vacant seat on the Supreme Court.

"Coming back out and getting the chance to race again was just the perfect thing to do, actually," Shiffrin said. She had failed to finish qualifying runs in two events earlier this week.

NPR's Ivan Amato reports on a curious phenomenon called stochastic resonance and how it might help improve the human sense of touch. When a tiny electric charge is applied to the fingertips, people are able to feel faint sensations they wouldn't otherwise be able to notice. It's a reversal of the accepted notion that electrical noise interferes with a signal. Diabetics and the elderly, who lose sensation and often fall as a result, could profit from application of this discovery.

Wyverne Flatt says his 110-pound potbellied pig Ellie is "family." Officials in his village of Canajoharie see it very differently. To them, the pig is a farm animal Flatt is harboring illegally.

President Trump and Xi Jinping will meet for the first time this year at the G20 Summit. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Ambassador Max Baucus about the political and economic stakes at play.