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Members of the royal family follow Prince Philip's coffin during the ceremonial procession during his funeral at Windsor Castle on Saturday in Windsor, England.

Prince Philip Is Memorialized In An Intimate Funeral Ceremony

The Duke of Edinburgh, husband to Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years, was celebrated on Saturday. Only 30 people were allowed in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The queen sat alone.

A woman views a collage of photos of Amarjeet Johal during a vigil at Monument Circle on Sunday in Indianapolis. Four of the people killed in the mass shooting were members of the Sikh community.

Indianapolis Sikh Community Mourns 4 Of Its Members Killed In Shooting

"These kinds of violent attacks are a threat to all of us," said community member Maninder Singh Walia. The gunman's motive in attacking a FedEx warehouse on Thursday night is still unknown.

1st Grader Who Wrote To Old Navy On Why Girls Need 'Real' Jean Pockets

Kamryn Gardner, a first-grader from Bentonville, Ark., tells NPR about the letter she wrote to Old Navy to convince them to put real pockets in all their jeans for girls.

Twyla Tharp, shown above at Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2008, says the pandemic has impacted her body: "In terms of routine, discipline, just ordinary day-to-day activities — the body doesn't know itself at the moment."

Fresh Air Weekend: Twyla Tharp; Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Tharp talks about choreographing through lockdown. Kevin Whitehead reviews Hasaan Ibn Ali's newly unearthed 1965 album. Gates Jr. talks about his new book and PBS series, The Black Church.

Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon under the Artemis program.

SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander

The company beat out two others in its bid to develop a lunar lander that will bring Americans back to the moon in the coming years.

A doctor for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, said on Saturday that his health is deteriorating rapidly and that the 44-year-old Kremlin critic could be on the verge of death.

Putin Critic Alexei Navalny 'Could Die At Any Moment,' Doctor Says

The imprisoned Russian opposition leader, who is three weeks into a hunger strike, is at risk of cardiac arrest or kidney failure, according to test results, his physician says.

A Georgia Tech employee receives a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination on the campus April 8. For a number of Americans, getting their shots is as easy as showing up to their workplace as some companies and institutions provide on-site vaccinations to their employees.

For Some Americans, Getting A Vaccine Is As Easy As Showing Up To Work

Companies like Tyson and Amazon are offering on-site coronavirus vaccinations to their employees in order to remove barriers to getting the shots.

OPINION: Doctors Should Be More Candid With Their Patients

As a doctor, I was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in December, but I also was pregnant, and there wasn't yet much data to inform my decision. What I needed was a different kind of information.

U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry speaks during a roundtable meeting with reporters in Seoul on Sunday. The United States and China have agreed to cooperate with other countries to curb climate change, just days before a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue.

U.S., China Agree To Cooperate On Climate Crisis With Urgency

The world's two biggest carbon polluters agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with "seriousness and urgency" days before President Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders on the issue.

Despite Strained Relations, U.S. And China Agree To Combat Climate Change Together

The U.S. and China say they will work together to tackle climate change. It's a rare display of cooperation amid an overall tense relationship.

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