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California tribes are working with state parks to retell the story of Sutter's Fort. They want to include the history of John Sutter's violence toward Native Americans during Sacramento's founding.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Committee of Armed Services, about the Russia-Ukraine standoff.

NASA says the International Space Station will stop operating at the end of 2030. After that, the space agency plans to crash the football field-sized craft into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean.

"Sixteen shots and a cover-up" was the rallying cry after a video showed a Chicago police officer killed a black teenager in 2014. On Thursday, Jason Van Dyke gets an early release from prison.

Amid Russia-Ukraine crisis, more U.S. troops will go to Europe. Ex-Chicago police officer who killed a Black teenager will leave prison early. A huge storm is sweeping across the nation's midsection.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Michael Evans, mayor of Mansfield, Texas, about the arrival of a potentially dangerous storm, and what's changed since last February's catastrophic ice and snow storm.

Paul Mooney spent decades behind the scenes writing for such shows as Saturday Night Live, In Living Color and, along with his friend Richard Pryor, Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx. He was 79.

Poet Kwame Alexander has created a poem from submissions about the challenges of the past year and our dreams for the future. It ends with: "For through the struggle, we may hope to become stronger."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Radio Diaries creator Joe Richman about some of the people he's introduced us to over the past 25 years and how documenting one's life has changed over time.

"Time Traveler," Nnenna Freelon's first new album in more than a decade, is a passionate expression of love enduring as she grieves the loss of her husband and other family members.