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South Korea indicts the chairman of one of its biggest companies, Hyundai Motor group. He is charged with setting up a $100 million fund to bribe politicians. The scandal has already claimed one life, a government official who committed suicide. It also threatens a pillar of the Korean economy.

Ukrainian forces have driven Russian attackers out of the city of Kharkiv. Ukraine's second-largest city had been under heavy bombardment for weeks.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been talking tough in his bid to take control of the city's large, troubled school district. Such a takeover could put Villaraigosa at odds with the teachers' union, a group he once served as a labor organizer.

Companies ranging from General Motors to UPS are exiting or reducing their operations in Russia as wide-ranging sanctions make it all but impossible to operate in the country.

As fears grow of a Russian invasion of his country, the Ukrainian president offered to meet with his Russian counterpart. The U.S. warned of swift sanctions against Russia if it moves into Ukraine.

The letter came from Mark Pomerantz, who along with his co-leader in the Trump probe, resigned in February over the future of the case.

The dairy industry is investing big in research to meet its carbon neutral goal by 2050, and to get farmers paid for climate friendly farm practices.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his British counterpart David Lammy are raising alarms about Iranian ballistic missiles in Russia that threaten Ukraine.

The Trump administration held secret meetings to discuss the overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Ernesto Londoño of The New York Times.

Medicare will cut payments to hospitals with high rates of patient infections and injuries. Half of the nation's academic medical centers will be docked for making too many medical mistakes.