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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Darris Kelly and Sabrian Sledge about the burglaries they've endured at their Chicago sneaker store, Flee Club.

The U.S. continues its work to economically isolate Russia, and most lawmakers are on board. Also: a look ahead to Monday's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

The world's first vampire movie premiered 100 years ago. After a long copyright battle, Florence Stoker, widow of the author of Dracula, asked for all copies of Nosferatu to be destroyed. Were they?

Telegram is Volodymyr Zelenskyy's preferred means of communications. The app and its founder have a complicated history.

The TV show's early sketches lovingly skewered the city's progressive optimism and "Keep Portland Weird" mindset. It was an image Portlanders embraced, then struggled with.

Last week, thieves made off with two paintings by Pablo Picasso that had been hanging in the Paris apartment of the painter's granddaughter. Thomas McShane, a former FBI art-theft expert, talks about who steals famous works of art and why.

A group of filmmakers who oppose the Smithsonian Museum's plan to produce TV programs with Showtime Networks asks that the terms of the deal be made public. The Smithsonian has said the details are proprietary. Under the agreement, the joint venture has the right of first refusal to commercial documentaries that rely heavily on Smithsonian collections or staff. But the impact on even non-commercial filmmakers is unclear.

New York is now among the several states where the new coronavirus strain has been detected. As the omicron variant spreads, the Biden administration announces new steps to slow COVID.

A judge ordered lawyer and Trump ally John Eastman to give records to Congress' Jan. 6 committee, saying that Trump and Eastman's plan amounted to a "coup in search of legal theory" on Jan. 6.

U.S. employers added 431,000 jobs in March, as the unemployment rate fell to 3.6% from 3.8% in February. The tight job market is putting upward pressure on both wages and prices.