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President Biden lands in Israel today, a country he first visited as a young senator about 50 years ago.

NPR speaks with Ahilan Kadirgamar, a political economist and senior lecturer at the University of Jaffna, about the president of Sri Lanka, who has fled the country.

Shark sightings off the coast of Long Island have spiked in recent years. Researchers say many species of shark are thriving because of rebounding populations of the fish they eat and warmer water.

Russia had a more powerful army. It didn't think the West would intervene. The invasion was poorly planned. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s.

New surveillance footage shows every minute of what police did as they delayed more than an hour to enter a classroom and kill the gunman.

Stuart Butler of the Brookings Insitution talks about whether the party that's been pushing for anti-abortion policies is prepared to pay for the infrastructure needed to support moms and children.

NPR's Morning Edition speaks with astrophysicist Alex Filippenko of the University of California, Berkeley about the latest findings of the Webb Telescope.

C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield had a mission to feed the world, especially those who sang in it. He generously fed and supported both black and white musicians, creating community and breaking barriers.

Lal Meri features three L.A.-based musicians with very different backgrounds. Their cultural ancestries span much of the globe, and they've made careers in genres ranging from soul and jazz to rock 'n' roll and trip-hop. Reviewer Banning Eyre says that the music is more than the sum of its parts.

Afro-Latino culture was in the news this past week with the death of Gilberto Miguel Calderon, who was known by his showbiz name: Joe Cuba. Cuba's music was an organic, cross-cultural reflection of how Afro-Latinos in this country have one foot in both cultures. Felix Contreras explains how Joe Cuba and others did it.