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Residents of Bridgeport, Conn., fear the economic fallout of the U.S. Army's decision to eliminate its multi-billion-dollar Comanche helicopter program. The cancellation comes one year after Sikorsky Aircraft opened a new plant in Bridgeport, with about 750 workers, to build the helicopter. John Dankosky of member station WNPR reports.

The Bush administration has joined other nations and regional groupings to try to broker a political settlement in Haiti. But with no end in sight to the violence, there is growing concern that the uprising could spark an exodus of refugees. And that has some members of Congress, and some analysts, pushing the administration to intervene. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Songwriter and pianist Bart Howard wrote many cabaret songs, but he is best known for one that became a well-loved standard: "Fly Me to the Moon." His companion says Howard died over the weekend in Carmel, N.Y., of complications from a stroke. He was 88.

It's likely Ozark will be remembered as more of a clever thrill ride than a series with a coherent message.

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with two residents of a housing complex in Shanghai about how they have experienced the city's lockdown — which is approaching its sixth week.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, about the role of women leaders in peace and security and her country's role in the world right now.

Summer travel could be a boom for U.S. airlines, with consumer demand surging. But a pilot shortage, worsened by the pandemic, might get in the way of a return to profitability.

During a partial solar eclipse, the moon is not perfectly aligned with the Earth and sun, so it will not completely cover the sun.

Parton didn't just co-write the novel, she also recorded a whole album to go with it. Run, Rose, Run is about an aspiring country singer trying to shake a dark past and make it big in music.

A brother and sister remember Latasha Harlins, a 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed in 1991 by a store clerk in South Central Los Angeles — the same month Rodney King was beaten.