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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Chaplain David Sparks, who's comforted the families of fallen service members at Dover Air Force Base for more than 40 years and two wars. Sparks is retiring this year.

The Summit of Americas is underway. But with discord over attendance and low expectations of a major breakthrough among those who will be there — how much need is there for such a gathering?

Disney+ brings Ms.Marvel to theaters across Pakistan to celebrate the first Pakistani Marvel superhero Kamala Khan.

Two Ukrainian fighters — one a volunteer solider, the other, a commander — describe what they're seeing on the frontlines of the war against Russia.

In Montana, dogs are being trained to sniff out chronic wasting disease. The animals will be deployed on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to prevent the disease from being passed to humans.

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with Maurice Chammah, a staff writer for The Marshall Project, about his reporting this week on South Carolina's restoration of the firing squad as a method of execution.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Barry Pavel of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council, about the mechanics of military aid to Ukraine and the prospect of a long conflict.

The voodoo religion, with 30 million followers in West Africa, is one of the most misunderstood faiths in the world. NPR's John Burnett explores the deities, music and rituals of voodoo.

Ukrainian and international experts believe it will take years, if not decades, to build cases and prosecute people. Ukraine's prosecutor general's office has opened more than 9,000 investigations.

Major energy companies have reported a surge in profits in the first three months of the year as oil prices have rallied.