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Major League Baseball is finally beginning after a player lockout pushed the season start date back by a week. The NBA playoffs are almost here, while Tiger Woods makes a comeback.

The U.S. and European allies have accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine. The Biden administration says it's helping Ukraine investigate. The Justice Department and State Department are assisting.

Cincinnati Police Thursday released two body camera videos showing officers shooting and killing Ali Coulter, a suspect in a murder investigation. The shooting occurred Monday when the Fugitive Apprehension Squad went to interview Coulter's mother at her house in Covington.

Gov. Mike DeWine is running for re-election in a Republican primary against three challengers ready to take aim at his first four years in office. With the candidates running on a conservative platform, the economy has become a focal point.

Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins testifies against former chairman Kenneth Lay. Watkins met with Lay four months before the company went bankrupt, and warned him about accounting problems. Prosecutors hope her testimony will show that Lay made intentionally misleading statements to investors.

Ten years ago a lawsuit by a group of Native Americans prompted a judge to order the Interior Department to investigate nearly a century of financial dealings involving Indian Trust Funds. As Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports, the setting for the investigation is a well-guarded cavern beneath the Kansas prairie.

The Conservative Political Action Conference is in Hungary this week, with a keynote from Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He has clamped down on democratic institutions and targeted minority groups.

Utah has led state opposition to the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Now U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is applying pressure, saying Utah should worry more about educating minority students than concerns about the law. Jennifer Brundin of NPR station KUER reports.

In the Galapagos Islands, conservationists say marine life is being depleted while fishermen say their livelihoods are at stake. But a boost in tourism may provide a compromise.

For more than a century, collectors and developers in Florida have stripped the state of its native orchids. Now, a team of scientists is working to reintroduce the plants to the swamps where they once flourished.