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NPR (Rebecca Rosman) - At a clown school near Paris, failure is the lesson

For decades, students at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier have been paying to bomb onstage. The goal isn't laughs — it's learning how to take the humiliation and keep going.

For decades, students at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier have been paying to bomb onstage. The goal isn't laughs — it's learning how to take the humiliation and keep going.Open

NPR (John Bartlett) - In the world's driest desert, Chile freezes its future to protect plants

Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.

Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.Open

ABCNEWS - 'Normal life has disappeared': Russia's energy offensive plunges Ukraine into dark

Major Ukrainian cities are now regularly thrust into darkness by rolling blackouts affecting hundreds of thousands -- sometimes even millions -- of people.

WASHINGTONPOST (Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Mark Berman) - The Minneapolis police chief tried to repair his force. Can it survive ICE?

Brian O’Hara worries that gains his department made since George Floyd’s murder are at risk amid an immigration crackdown that has enraged the city.

WASHINGTONPOST (Colby Itkowitz) - Mayors look at Minneapolis with concern and wonder: Is my city next?

Interviews with a dozen from both parties show dissatisfaction with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns and dismay with the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents.

WASHINGTONPOST (Arelis R. Hernández, María Luisa Paúl) - Trump’s immigration crackdown means more children detained by ICE

As family detentions spike, the Trump administration is increasingly ensnaring the youngest, and most vulnerable, lawyers and advocates say.