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Jake Sullivan, the president's national security adviser, discusses the war in Ukraine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and the U.S. drone strike that took out al-Qaida's leader.

Statewide, the COVID vaccination rate for first responders is more than 95%. But it's not as high in more rural areas, where ambulance crews can't function if just a few people quit.

Also: The Pentagon sends a general to Puerto Rico to help lead emergency work; several are killed in an Indian bridge collapse; and Tajikistan bans loud wailing and tearing of hair at funerals.

Legal experts say the illegitimate submissions should motivate Congress to update the Electoral Count Act and "firm up the guardrails" of democracy.

There is no official marking of COVID-19 anniversaries in Connecticut, not the first of 730,811 positive tests, the first of 10,615 deaths nor the first of six emergency declarations, all of which took place in March 2020.But on Tuesday, outside a community center on the east side of Manchester, the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont and local officials looked back before talking about what’s next.

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.

Britain is only six weeks away from its departure from the European Union, but it's not at all clear how Britain will leave the European Union. Many things, including a deal, are not set.

Staff from NPR Music highlight the sleeper hits that got lost in the deluge of new music in 2021.

New Jersey has banned drivers from pumping their own gas since 1949. But high gas prices and a shortage of station attendants have renewed calls to lift the ban.

American basketball star Brittney Griner testified at her drug possession trial in Russia that an interpreter translated only a fraction of what was said during questioning when she was detained at Moscow’s airport in February and that officials told her to sign documents without explaining what they said.