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The research shows that across 152 counties, 38% of Black residents in the rural South have no home internet access, compared to 23% of white residents.

We've heard a lot about Afghanistan and its varying crises after the Taliban takeover. One of those crises is an economic one dealing with currency. Planet Money explains Afghanistan's money problems.

With vaccinations on the rise, ski resorts are hoping for much more normal operations this winter. But they're having to get creative to find workers.

As the largest anti-government protests in years spread throughout Cuba, the regime is attempting to control the flow of information by restricting internet access.

A surge in prices of used cars was a major driver of inflation again in June, but there are some signs those price hikes may be shifting into reverse.

As part of NPR's 50th anniversary, we've asked listeners to submit the lessons they've learned in a half-century of life. Today, we hear from Sonia Bovio of Phoenix.

Survivors of the Pulse nightclub attack and family members of those killed are preparing for the trial of the shooter's widow.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with John James Kennedy, associate professor of political science at the University of Kansas, whose work in China led him to the conclusion that millions of girls believed to have been aborted or to have died early were in fact born to parents who didn't register their births.

After last month's shooting of Stephon Clark, his neighbors are renewing calls to provide investment and opportunity to their Sacramento, Calif., community.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a statement Friday marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Asian countries, who were invaded by Japan during the war, closely watched the speech.

The recommendation applies to people 65 years and older, those 18 to 64 who are at high risk of severe COVID and those whose work or institutional exposure puts them at high COVID risk.

Archaeologists working to uncover a wealthy villa on the outskirts of the ancient city have found a dormitory for workers, providing important insight into daily life.

Cold temps added to rising debts are forcing New York City restaurants to close or reinvent themselves for the pandemic era.

Despite its pledges to combat the worsening climate crisis, the Biden administration is opening tens of millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas leasing.

The pop-star's father, Jamie Spears, was suspended from the conservatorship in September. Now it's possible the arrangement could be dissolved entirely at a hearing later today.

Audubon Florida, a well-known environmental group dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats, published a report on the health and success of 43,680 wading bird nests last year from Fort Myers to Lake Okeechobee and south to Florida Bay at the southern tip of mainland South Florida.

The possible suspect is believed to be among the three people who survived the fire and were in severe condition, police said.

Federal prosecutors argued Monday that Jeffrey Epstein could not have preyed on teenage girls without the help of the British socialite. Defense attorneys, meanwhile, said she was wrongfully accused.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Eric Witte of the Open Justice Society about the conviction in a German court of a Syrian colonel on crimes against humanity stemming from the Syrian civil war.

California tribes are working with state parks to retell the story of Sutter's Fort. They want to include the history of John Sutter's violence toward Native Americans during Sacramento's founding.

First developed in the 1990s, the 10 questions of the Adverse Childhood Experiences test are designed to take a rough measure of a difficult childhood. Finding out your score is easy. Now what?

The move came just days after the Nordic country announced it wanted to join NATO and marked a likely end to Finland's nearly 50 years of importing natural gas from Russia.

Military authorities are investigating the precise circumstances of the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian al-Qaida figure killed Thursday in Iraq. There are reports that Zarqawi initially survived an air strike by U.S. warplanes.

Several hours east of Uvalde, the site of a mass shooting at an elementary school, the NRA is holding its annual convention and gun show. The NRA expressed its "deepest sympathies" over the shooting.

Attorneys for the alleged victims say the cases date back as far as the late 1990s, with the latest occurring in 2018. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.