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For the first time since Russia's invaded Ukraine, there's a sign of progress towards peace. Negotiators for the two countries met in Istanbul Tuesday, with both sides outlining possible concessions.

NPR's Kelsey Snell takes a tour of the Capitol Building, which is open again for public tours after being closed for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows was reportedly registered to vote simultaneously in three states, including South Carolina. State officials said Friday that the former congressman and his wife registered to vote in South Carolina earlier this year. North Carolina officials removed Meadows from their lists this month after learning he'd voted in Virginia last year. The South Carolina registration was first reported by The Washington Post, which said Meadows' Virginia registration is still active.

Authorities confirm that the white powder found Monday in the offices of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is the deadly toxin ricin. Three Senate office buildings have been closed; Senate staffers and Capitol Hill police officers who were near the area where the ricin was discovered Monday have reportedly not been exposed to dangerous levels of the poison. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.

The bill signing comes on the heels of a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that it is considering weakening or overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

The declaration releases emergency funds to recovery efforts in three counties in northeastern New Mexico.

Hours after the team's announcement of its independent investigation, the NFL said the team "would not control the probe."

Disney has worked its magic on young girls for decades. Now, it looks at the other side of the playground with Disney XD, a channel aimed at boys.

The curtain will go up Thursday on most of the Broadway shows that have been closed for 19 days by a stagehands strike. Stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night on the fight, which has kept more than two dozen shows in the dark.

For National Poetry Month, young poet Emily Moore talks about how she got into poetry and why poetry is still relevant. She teaches English at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares and The Yale Review. In 2004, she received a Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship.