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Ukraine is also fighting a cyber-war against Russia as the battlefield counter-offensive grinds on. A top Ukrainian intelligence official gives NPR an inside look.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the group's 2024 Watchlist highlighting 20 countries facing humanitarian crises.

Migrants at the southern border are an immediate political challenge for the White House while the economy is an increasingly bright spot.

Summer reading season is here! We' have some top book picks for you, courtesy of NPR staffers.

Noah Adams talks with David Smith, assistant principal of Whitwell Middle School in Whitwell, Tenn., about the school's paper clip project. He says that, after the Columbine High School shooting, the principal wanted to find a program to teach students about tolerance. The idea: teach the kids about the Holocaust, in a hands on, interactive way. Smith came up with the idea of collecting 6 million paper clips, to represent the 6 million Jews who died during the Holocaust. He explains who he got the idea, and how the collection involves student research and communication with people from around the world. More info available at: www.marionschools.org/holocaust.

Research shows the number of housing units for the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro went up by 3.6% from 2010 to 2020, compared to 6.5% nationally.

Irvo Otieno was transferred from jail to a state mental health facility on March 6. Prosecutors say he was handcuffed during the intake process and "smothered" by seven deputies for some 12 minutes.

More than 5 million college students are also parents. But many colleges do little to support them. Most don't even offer child care.

Thomas Kean, who co-chaired the 9/11 Commission, tells NPR that an inquiry into the Capitol breach should be done by people who are not in politics.

Matthew Greene, 34, has pleaded guilty in federal court to two criminal charges: conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding, related to the Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021.