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Ben Miller is a 9-year-old cat-lover from Boise, Idaho, who — a couple of years ago — opened a stand to sell lemonade, cookies and dog treats. He's raised almost $2,000 for the Idaho Humane Society.

A century ago, only 6% of the Scottish Highlands were covered in trees. Among other things, the government ordered more native tree species planted. A U.K. paper reports that now 18% is forested land.

Scientists in the Arctic are concerned that the rift with Russia over Ukraine will set back crucial work on climate change.

The Boston Marathon is a week away. Dozens of runners who live in Russia or Belarus may no longer compete because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and its use of Belarus as a staging ground.

Scottie Scheffler continued his dominating year on the golf course with his first major championship at the Masters. His victory came as Tiger Woods made his return to competitive golf.

South Korea was among the first Asian nations to sanction Russia, but it faces conflicting political and economic interests.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Elizabeth Nash of the Guttmacher Institute about the state of abortion access in the U.S., ahead of a Supreme Court decision on a Mississippi abortion ban.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to University of Nice professor Vincent Martigny about the vote that forced a runoff between France's president and a far-right candidate.

The action includes finalizing regulations that deal with ghost guns — weapons that do not have serial numbers that can be used to track them and are sometimes sold as kits to be assembled at home.

The U.S. wants India to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but so far the world's biggest democracy has not. India has deep ties with Moscow, some distrust of the West and big concerns about China.