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Hanna "Anya" Antoniuk, 22, fled her home in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, after the Russian invasion. After she crossed into Poland, she saw a column of men offering rides. "No way I would have gotten into a strange man's car," she says. She was relieved to find a female-only carpooling service instead.

Polish women band together to give Ukrainian women car rides to safe refuge

Spooked by reports that traffickers are waiting at the Ukraine-Poland border, a Polish woman started an all-women car service to drive Ukrainian refugee women and children to homes or shelters.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a resignation speech outside 10 Downing St. in London on Thursday. Johnson is bowing out after his government hemorrhaged dozens of ministers and junior aides, and members of his Cabinet told him he should step down.

Boris Johnson resigns not over policies but deep concerns about his character

Britain's prime minister steps down as leader of the Conservative Party after a slew of members of his government said they could no longer serve under his scandal-tarred leadership.

Nimia Uropari Velásquez, age 28, is a native of Peru's Manati indigenous community. She took a four-hour boat ride to the port town of Indiana to take care of banking business — and possibly get a vaccine. In the end she passed on the shot.

Vaccinators in Peru's Amazon are challenged by religion, rivers and a special tea

Peruvian health officials face many obstacles as they try to get everyone vaccinated, including those who live in remote and rural areas.

Deal reached between Michigan Democrats and GOP on early childhood programs

There appears to be a deal between Democrats and Republicans in Lansing on plans to make early childhood programs more available and more affordable to…

At any moment of this past decade, U.S. retail jobs have supported about 15 million workers.

Retail Jobs Are Treated As A Temporary Bridge To Something Better. But Why?

At any moment, some 15 million Americans work in retail. Many stay for years. Now companies face a labor crunch, and workers wish these jobs were designed as durable careers.

Visitors tour Montpelier, home of Americas fourth president, James Madison, in Orange County, Virginia.

Montpelier says it's open to parity with slave descendants. Descendants call foul

Problems at Montpelier, years in the making, reached a boiling point this week when a number of employees who had supported descendants of the enslaved were fired.

West Michiganders say proposed PFAS rules are good, but could be better

State officials held the first of three public hearings on Wednesday on plans to set limits on PFAS in drinking water. Certain kinds of the industrial…

Zimbabwe riot police patrol the streets near a fruit and vegetable market in Harare on Thursday.

In Zimbabwe Under Lockdown, 'Find That Resolve To Carry On No Matter What'

"I would say to the rest of the world that there is one thing that we have left when we are in trouble, and that is the hope that we will see tomorrow," Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean pastor, tells NPR.

Graffiti on a wall on La Brea Ave. in Los Angeles, Calif. asking for rent forgiveness in May. This week, the city of Los Angeles rolled out a renters relief program to provide more than $100 million in assistance.

Los Angeles Launches $103 Million Program To Offer Relief To Renters

LA City Council President Nury Martinez says the city's new program will provide subsidies of up to $2,000 to some 50,000 families. More than 100,000 people applied the first day.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden pose with their granddaughter Naomi Biden and her husband Peter Neal in this White House official photo.

Naomi Biden joins a unique club: brides who say 'I do' at the White House

President Biden's granddaughter, Naomi Biden, was married on Saturday at the White House. Here's a look at the history of White House weddings.

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