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Repeated clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians have taken place this week at the most sensitive site in Jerusalem: the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

On this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, former U.S. Army Specialist Ron Amen speaks with his brother Alan about how their relationship changed after Ron was drafted for Vietnam.

President James Madison's estate in Virginia is in turmoil. The foundation that runs the estate and members of the enslaved descendants committee can't agree who should serve on the board.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum about the state of democracy around the world.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to filmmaker Celine Sciamma about her movie, "Petite Maman," in which a young girl tries to understand her mother's past by befriending another child in the woods.

As Russia renews its offensive on southern and eastern Ukraine, the city of Mykolaiv, near the Black Sea, are preparing for a siege.

Even Democrats from non-border states are beginning to question President Biden's plans to lift pandemic-era immigration restrictions. And year-old audio from a Republican leader makes waves.

The Biden administration is appealing a court decision that struck down the transportation mask mandate, but it has not asked for an emergency pause on the decision.

The Alaska Marine Highway System has dropped its mask mandate, nearly two years after imposing it. The department announced the end of its mask requirement on Tuesday, the day after a federal judge struck down a directive from the Biden administration that required masks on public transportation.

Six Western Alaska nonprofits can now apply for a slice of nearly $200 million in federal loans to pay for fishing vessels, quota and other industry expenses to support economic development in their region. The long-term loans are from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and are exclusively available to the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program. The CDQ program is made up of six nonprofit groups that are tasked with supporting economic development and wellbeing in communities on the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands through fisheries revenues.