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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo about the city's plan to require liability insurance for gun owners.

Hundreds of thousands of pets are estimated to have crossed into countries neighboring Ukraine since the war began.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy delivered an impassioned appeal for additional help and for President Biden to spearhead the world's defense of Ukraine. Biden pledged to send more weapons and support.

While a growing number of states are trying to address the increasing mental health crisis among youths, many schools are woefully short of therapists and the budget to hire them.

Development has forced many historically Black communities around the country to uproot and disperse. Cemeteries often remain the only proof that those communities existed.

Colombia's government has announced peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, a Marxist insurgency that has been fighting a brutal conflict for nearly five decades. But memories of previous, unsuccessful attempts at peace are still fresh for civilians in the rebels' mountainous heartland.

Mandatory masks, strict discipline and rigorous testing have helped the academies, including West Point and Annapolis, welcome students back to campus. Can other schools learn from their example?

President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other borrowers making under $125,000 a year.

OPEC+ announced a cut of 2 million barrels a day starting next month. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill want to retaliate by cutting off military aid and reexamine ties to Saudi Arabia.

Egyptian officials said both sides agreed to a truce to end a flare-up of violence that has killed dozens of Palestinians.