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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mykhailo Tkach about his short film, "The Occupant." It's entirely composed of videos from the phone of a young Russian soldier captured during the war in Ukraine.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the celebrated Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler about his latest album, "Tinta y Tiempo," which translates to "Ink and Time."

Unalaska teachers will get an 8% bump in their salaries over the next three years, and they’ll also have fewer days with students.That comes after the Unalaska school board approved the new teacher contracts at a meeting Wednesday.The district will give teachers more money for professional development and more flexibility for sick leave, and new hires will get a larger stipend for moving to the community.

Mail-in ballots that arrived on time but in envelopes missing dates handwritten by voters have been a flashpoint in recent elections in the key swing state, including a close Republican primary race.

New York is the latest, and largest, state to consider charging product-makers to dispose of their packaging. But lawmakers are clashing over how much to involve industry in creating a new system.

A bill known as the PACT Act, which will lend health care services and disability benefits to veterans exposed to toxic substances, looks likely to become law next month.

Several hours east of Uvalde, the site of a mass shooting at an elementary school, the NRA is holding its annual convention and gun show. The NRA expressed its "deepest sympathies" over the shooting.

Many questions remain about some of the most basic facts of the mass shooting in Texas. Primarily, why law enforcement took so long to stop the shooter. Authorities have given contradictory accounts.

Betty Sandison, 84, this month earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota. She began in 1955, and then paused for family and work reasons. She reenrolled in 2018.

For the last two years, A Night of Remembrance has been been taped because of the pandemic. There will be special tributes for Gen. Colin Powell, Gold Star families and women who served in WWII.