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The 1909 painting was just one of a treasured art collection inherited by Robert Lewenstein and his wife Irma Klein, But the pair were forced to sell it in October 1940 as they fled the Nazis.

Announcements from Shell and BP will further hit Russia's tanking economy — and batter its image as a go-to place for oil and gas investments.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Asami Terajima, a reporter at The Kyiv Independent, a Ukrainian publication set up to operate independently of government, about the mood on the streets of the city.

Maple sap is being gathered to make maple sugar. A crew in Keene, N.Y., has been working in an 80-acre sugar bush. They will tap 10,000 maple trees in the next few weeks.

The bands may be smaller this year, but students say they're prepared to keep the culture alive and entertain hundreds of thousands of revelers.

Wired headphones are among the artifacts from the past decade making recent "nostalgic" comebacks. Fashion once moved in 20 year cycles but the nostalgia loop is getting smaller and faster,

A bulldog in Nova Scotia welcomed a litter of puppies. Seven were born at first, but the eighth puppy didn't look like the others. Its fur was green. It's a rare condition that will fade with time.

In a video out of Ukraine, a projectile appeared to strike near Kharkiv's administration building Tuesday — as civilians try to flee the city. Kharkiv is about 25 miles from the Russian border.

Michael Spressler was enjoying an appetizer — a dozen clams on the half shell — when he bit into something really hard. The pear is estimated to be worth thousands of dollars.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Juan Zarate, former assistant secretary of the treasury, on the impact of the latest sanctions on the Kremlin's war in Ukraine and the Russian economy.