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Women are banned from private and public universities until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said, the latest edict cracking down on their rights and freedoms.

The Pennsylvania Democrat had been receiving treatment for depression at Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D.C. Fetterman's depression is now in remission, according to his doctor.

President Trump's move to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court has triggered a fight for the direction of the country with just weeks to go until Election Day.

It can be tough to find that happy middle ground between whole-grain pasta with veggies that won't get eaten, and marshmallow creme on white bread that will. But Betsy Block, mother of two school-age kids, has a plan for packed lunches.

Now living in Spain, editor Alejandra Garcia has learned that chocolate speaks an international language — and it's always in season. Eating chocolate "the Spanish way" means anything from a chocolate muffin for breakfast, to a chocolate drink before bed — or chocolate churros anytime.

Also: Donald Hall's life in beards, Kenn Nesbitt to be the next Children's Poet Laureate.

Nikki Haley on Saturday questioned whether Donald Trump is mentally capable of serving as president after he repeatedly seemed to confuse her with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a speech.

What's orange and black and says "knock knock?" On Halloween, children in St. Louis are expected to tell jokes in order to earn their candy.

Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics tells us more about how prisons were affected early on in the pandemic. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with researcher Wendy Sawyer about the new data.

The health care overhaul debate in Congress now centers on two bills: the House measure and the Senate Democrats' version unveiled Wednesday. They differ in important ways. Here are commonly asked questions and answers about the bills.

According to the Florida Department of Health, the death toll due to complications from the coronavirus in Florida now stands at 11,011.

State health officials recorded the deaths of 155 people from coronavirus complications since Tuesday's report. Tuesday's death toll was 183.

In there greater Tampa Bay region, there were 510 cases reported and nine deaths.

In the greater Tampa Bay region, 1,096 new cases were added on Tuesday.

Pakistan says U.S.-led forces crossed into its territory and launched an attack that killed at least 15 people. The target of the attack was a village in South Waziristan, which is a tribal area used as a base by the Taliban and al-Qaida.

Tashie Tierney is the WUSF Stephen Noble Digital News intern for summer of 2023.

60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence Jones.

Foreign diplomats are nervous that the United States’ once solid global leadership is on shaky ground. What’s at stake if the U.S. cedes its place as a world leader?

Longtime Boston Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman start their biography of Mitt Romney by examining his ancestors, many of whom played crucial roles in the development of the Mormon faith. The Real Romney also examines the candidate's political beliefs and his career in private equity.

In South Africa, a nonprofit organization is rebooting a popular soap opera that once dramatized and educated viewers about HIV and AIDS. It's only part of their feminist mission.

Strike teams from the state and national drugstore chains will be targeting nursing home patients with the first COVID-19 vaccine very soon. How are Florida facilities prepared? The AARP says nursing home settings "almost guarantee" the spread of a virus.

Many high school programs encourage students to volunteer in their community, reaching out beyond their classrooms. But NPR's Nancy Solomon reports that some experts worry the programs are sending an incomplete message about citizenship.

Recently diagnosed with breast cancer and no longer covered by her school's health insurance, Erica Rex married her British fiance Roger Greenhalgh and moved to England in order to get the care she needed.

Terryn Wingler-Petty and other Virginia Tech students were walking to class Monday morning when their day was interrupted by gunfire. Wingler-Petty was herded into a building across from Norris Hall, where she watched as people jumped out the window.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with musician Annie Clark about her new '70s-inspired album as St. Vincent, called Daddy's Home.