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Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, announces he is resigning, becoming the eighth member of President Bush's cabinet to step down since the election. Thompson said more than a year ago that he didn't plan to stay past 2004. Hear NPR's Julie Rovner.

It's Mother's Day weekend. Prepare to make the day special with NPR's handy guide — filled with reads, listens and gift ideas that celebrate the highs and lows of parenthood.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden spent Mother's Day in Slovakia, meeting Ukrainian mothers who have been displaced by Russia's war and assuring them that the "hearts of the American people" are behind them.

The school was sheltering about 90 people in the village of Bilohorivka.

In 1932, The New York Times' Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer for stories defending Soviet policies that led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. The Times disavows his work but not the prize.

Ukraine's Parliament passes a no-confidence motion rebuking the prime minister's government. Meanwhile, European mediators renew efforts to resolve the crisis triggered by last month's disputed presidential election. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

An American Marine is shown on videotape shooting an apparently unarmed and wounded Iraqi man in a mosque in the city of Fallujah. The incident was caught on camera by an American TV journalist. The Marine has been withdrawn from the battlefield while the U.S. military conducts an investigation. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

House Republicans vote in a closed session Wednesday on whether to make rules changes that could shield Majority Leader Tom DeLay. A Texas grand jury has indicted several members of DeLay's staff on criminal charges related to campaign finances. A rule change could keep DeLay in his post if he were indicted. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

Crews worked through a second night searching for victims of a hotel explosion that killed at least 27 people in Cuba's capital and left more than a dozen missing.

The pride and patriotism usually associated with Russia's most important holiday is mixed with apprehension and unease over what this year's Victory Day may bring.