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The COVID transmission link between animals and humans is growing stronger. In Hong Kong, officials discovered a local pet shop employee was infected with COVID by hamsters in the store.

NPR's A Martinez talks to former player Doug Glanville, who is now a baseball analyst for Marquee Sports Network and ESPN, about Major League Baseball canceling some games after a deal wasn't reached.

For the occasion of its half-centennial, cultural critic and poet Hanif Abdurraqib takes the measure of Stevie Wonder's unmatchable artistic achivements in the early-to-mid '70s.

For the first time in two decades, Unangam Tunuu is being taught at the University of Alaska; state Senators recently introduced a bill to ban imports of Russian seafood; and the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear several cases challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska about the U.S. response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Juan Zarate, former assistant secretary of the treasury, on the impact of the latest sanctions on the Kremlin's war in Ukraine and the Russian economy.

In a video out of Ukraine, a projectile appeared to strike near Kharkiv's administration building Tuesday — as civilians try to flee the city. Kharkiv is about 25 miles from the Russian border.

A bulldog in Nova Scotia welcomed a litter of puppies. Seven were born at first, but the eighth puppy didn't look like the others. Its fur was green. It's a rare condition that will fade with time.

Michael Spressler was enjoying an appetizer — a dozen clams on the half shell — when he bit into something really hard. The pear is estimated to be worth thousands of dollars.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Asami Terajima, a reporter at The Kyiv Independent, a Ukrainian publication set up to operate independently of government, about the mood on the streets of the city.