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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Jacksonville on Sunday to mourn the three victims killed in a racially motivated shooting at a local Dollar General.

Millions of Syrians fled during the civil war more than a decade ago. After the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, many are considering returning home. But what is left to return to?

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Meghan Neville, an American based in Ukraine who is fleeing the country as tension escalates over a possible Russian incursion.

As the idea spread, more than 61,000 nights were booked, grossing nearly $2 million. One host in Kyiv says the donations have helped pay staffers who have fled and buy food for elderly neighbors.

Morning Edition has spoken often to Saeed al-Batal, a Syrian photographer and filmmaker, who is from the besieged town of Douma. Renee Montagne talks to him about what he's doing these days.

Boeing suggests it could fly about mid-2020. Industry sources note that the FAA and other regulators around the world could take months longer to find the planes safe to fly passengers.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is on Capitol Hill, delivering her semi-annual economic report to Congress. Yellen expressed concern that labor force participation remains weak and that there's been a lack of progress in the housing sector.

It's partly because of the rising price of heating oil, but partly the desire for home energy independence. Either way, wood stove retailers and cut wood sellers are rejoicing.

New data from the world's largest particle physics lab offer "intriguing hints" about the Higgs boson. The Higgs is a key part of some beautiful math that would explain why things have mass — if scientists can find concrete evidence that the particle really exists. Alas, "we have not found it yet," physicists said today.

People in their 60s who run for exercise use energy as efficiently as much younger people. That wasn't true for older people who walked instead.