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As gas prices rise, politicians call for gas taxes to be suspended. Transportation experts say such moves won't provide much relief and would cut into needed spending on roads, bridges and transit.

NPR's Leila Fadel tours the Ukrainian city of Lviv, where a number of provocative war-time posters have gone up since Russia's invasion began, and she meets the artist behind the work.

Mild cognitive impairment, a condition that may be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, affects more than 12% of people 60 and up. Yet a survey found 82% of Americans know little or nothing about it.

Secretary of State Blinken talks to NPR about the war in Ukraine. Pfizer is asking the FDA to authorize another booster for older adults. As gas prices go up, there are calls to suspend gas taxes.

Most of the residents of the Hassan Sham camp in northern Iraq feel like outcasts, with nowhere else to go. And conditions are getting worse as funding for food, education and health care dries up.

The White House asked for more money from Congress to keep its COVID response going. But that hasn't happened, so some things need to be wound down.

Ukrainians across the country are contributing to the war effort in different ways, including manning checkpoints far from the front lines.

Forecasters say with a rise in extreme weather disasters, the states' monitoring networks are key to saving lives.

India's educated young people are demanding suitable jobs, but they don't exist. Plus, wages are declining. This came to a head with riots in some of the poorest districts of northern India.

An unprecedented die-off of manatees in Florida is now projected to last years. The state has allocated millions to clean up polluted waters and restore the seagrass manatees need to survive.