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A Ukrainian soldier watches a drone feed from an underground command center in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022.

3 Russian servicemen are killed from debris of a drone shot down near an airbase

The Russian military reported on Monday that it shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching an airbase deep inside Russia, after three servicemen were killed from the debris.

Genesee County reports no deaths as result of vicious storm, credits life-saving volunteer efforts

In the wake of the storm, Genesee County will receive FEMA funding after a federal emergency declaration earlier this week.

Deb Perelman in her small "smitten" kitchen in New York City's East Village. "I make it work!" she says. "I like that there's a lot of light coming in."

Stuck on veggie ideas for Thanksgiving? The Smitten Kitchen has some advice

Deb Perelman, creator of the hugely popular Smitten Kitchen website, whips up some budget-conscious, vegetable-centric Thanksgiving side dishes. Her new cookbook is Smitten Kitchen Keepers.

Digital Gadgets sues Hochul administration over COVID test contracts

The scandal-clad COVID-19 test kit distributor, Digital Gadgets, is suing the Hochul administration, arguing the Department of Health ignored procurement processes.

The forecast: Still tasty (and terrifying) in 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'

In the 1978 children's classic, it rains soup, it snows mashed potatoes, and hotdogs blow in from the northeast. Judi and Ron Barrett look back on their delectable tale of the town of Chewandswallow.

E.O., a sophomore at Ingraham high school is portrayed with the words 'we deserve safety' painted on their face during a student walkout to protest gun violence in schools on Monday, November 14, 2022, at Seattle City Hall. Full story <a href="https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-students-send-message-to-city-hall-in-wake-of-ingraham-shooting-5ba1">here</a>.

2022 in photos: NPR station photographers share memorable moments

As we wrap up this year, we look back at an eventful year through the lenses of NPR member and affiliate stations. We asked photographers to share memorable events they covered throughout 2022.

Opinion: That unbelievable street violinist could just be a 'finger-syncer'

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on bogus buskers who fake violin virtuosity with recorded music tracks and ask for money to help with rent or medical bills.

President George W. Bush prepares for his State of the Union Speech with Karen Hughes, Counselor to the President, and Michael Gerson, Director of Presidential Speech Writing, outside the Oval Office January 29, 2002 in Washington DC.

Opinion: Remembering Mike Gerson, Washington Post columnist

Mike Gerson, the Washington Post columnist and former speechwriter for George W. Bush, died this week from cancer at the age of 58. NPR's Scott Simon has an appreciation.

Wooden crosses mark burials at a mass grave site in newly liberated Izium, Ukraine. Some of the graves have a name and date written in thick black marker, others have simply a number scrawled across — unidentified.

Outside a liberated Ukrainian town, inspectors search for evidence of war crimes

On the outskirts of the recently liberated town of Izium, investigators have found what Ukrainian officials are calling a mass grave. It is now being inspected for possible evidence of war crimes.

Gerhardt Boukes, chief scientist at Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, formulates mRNA for use in a new vaccine against COVID-19. The company — based in Cape Town, South Africa — is the linchpin of a global project to enable low- and middle-income countries to make mRNA vaccines against all manner of diseases.

How a scrappy African startup could forever change the world of vaccines

Afrigen is the linchpin of global project to use mRNA technology to empower low-resource countries to make their own vaccines against killer diseases from TB to HIV. What will it take to succeed?

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