NPR talks with military analyst Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about Russia's gains in Ukraine and what they reveal about the war's direction.

As the Trump administration continues its efforts to shrink the federal government's role in education, members of the nation's largest teachers union are gathering in Portland, Oregon.

About 40 million people rely on the Colorado River for drinking water. It also irrigates agricultural fields. It's also shrinking. Now, states might agree on a potential deal on sharing the river.

A New York City hotel that became a symbol of the massive wave of immigration under the Biden administration is permanently closing.

The four original members of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath will perform one last time together on Saturday, back in the city where they grew up: Birmingham, England.