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Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the country's tallest statue, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Sunday. Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase the vestiges of Soviet and Russian influence, pulling down monuments and renaming streets.

Latest on Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine trade drone strikes; Kyiv removes Soviet symbol

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Black Thought Of The Roots: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Watch one of the greatest emcees in hip-hop history perform three new songs in quarantine.

Tyler Childers will release a new album, <em>Rustin' in the Rain, </em>on Sept. 8. The video for the record's first single, "In Your Love," depicts a love story between two miners. Childers' friend and collaborator, the writer Silas House, says that he wanted to show that stories like this "are part of the story of Appalachia, too. These are human stories, not political stories."

Tyler Childers is back, and taking chances

The grassroots country star, whose fan base crosses lines of identity and politics, is releasing a song called "In Your Love," from a new album. Its video tells a queer, Appalachian love story.

Ohio residents line up to vote early in-person on Issue 1 in front of the Franklin County Board of Elections in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.

How many voters does it take to make a majority? Why Ohio's Issue 1 is controversial

Voters in Ohio will decide on Tuesday whether to make it harder to pass future constitutional amendments, including one on the ballot in November that would codify abortion access.

There's money in Magic: The booming business of rare game cards

For decades, sports have led the pack in the trading card market. Now, as celebrities shell out millions for rare game cards, fantasy characters are giving star athletes a run for their money.

Residents of Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood register to vote at a voter registration event on Sept. 29, 2021.

Some states are trying to boost youth voter registration. Here's what they're doing

More states are adopting policies to increase voter registration, including for young people. Those policies include automatic voter registration and pre-registration before age 18.

Chicago police officers arrive at the scene of a May 19 mass shooting outside a McDonald's restaurant.

In Chicago, handguns turned into high-capacity machine guns fuel deadly violence

A thumbnail-size "switch" turns a gun from semi-automatic to automatic. Authorities see a correlation between an uptick in mass shootings and the rise of switch-equipped guns and extended magazines.

William Friedkin speaks onstage at a screening of "The Exorcist" during the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for TCM)

William Friedkin, director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87

The Oscar winner's other credits include To Live and Die in L.A., Cruising, Rules of Engagement and a TV remake of the classic play and Sidney Lumet movie 12 Angry Men.

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie at a <em>Barbie</em> event in June in Sydney, Australia.

'Barbie' is the only billion-dollar blockbuster solely directed by a woman

Greta Gerwig's film joins a high-grossing list of mostly male-directed movies, most of them with men leading the casts.

Residents of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras toss flower into the Rio Grande to honor those who have died trying to cross.

'Our river is crying': Flowers in the Rio Grande honor migrants who died trying to cross

The border communities of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras came together for a vigil Monday night to mourn the lives lost crossing the Rio Grande.

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