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At least six rockets slam into the Al Rasheed hotel in central Baghdad, killing one U.S. soldier and wounding 15 other people. Visiting Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying at the hotel but was unharmed. Hear NPR's Jacki Lyden.

Photographer Harriet Logan first visited Afghanistan in 1997, when the Taliban had been in power for only 15 months. She made friends with women who were compelled to wear a head-to-toe veil in public -- but in private, showed a very different face. NPR's Jacki Lyden talks with Logan about her new book, Unveiled: Voices of Women in Afghanistan.

The groups' targets? Democrats undecided on whether to accept or reject the deal when they vote this fall. The campaigns include tens of millions of dollars spent on TV ads in nearly two dozen states.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is talking with his counterparts in South Korea about how to counter the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. Also, we look at Republican criticism of President Trump.

The 1957 Norman Rockwell painting of Boston Red Sox players in a locker room was sold Thursday by Christie's auction house. The work first appeared on a magazine that sold for 15 cents.

The bankruptcy of financial services giant Lehman Brothers and the 500-point drop in the stock market on Sept. 15 have sent shock waves through the financial community. Law professor Michael Greenberger discusses the potential ramifications of the recent turmoil.

The bill opens the government through Feb. 15 and provides back pay for federal workers who have missed two paychecks during the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Border security talks continue.

Across the city, power lines and trees are downed, traffic lights are out and glass is scattered across downtown. About 900,000 customers were left without power early Friday.

The rapper released his debut album July 20, the second anniversary of his brother's death. FreeJAH is an ode to his brother Jahiem, who was murdered after serving five years in prison.

With Hurricane Dorian looming over Florida, emergency management officials are gearing up.Their biggest concern in the Tampa Bay region right now is…

St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch's pick to redevelop the Tropicana Field site puts the Tampa Bay Rays in the box seat. So what comes next?

Open enrollment for health insurance plans in the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2019 coverage started Thursday and consumers will have less help…

The Boy Scouts now allow gay leaders and volunteers, but the national organization has been slow to approve new chapters based at LGBT community centers, like Oklahomans for Equality in Tulsa.

President Trump signed an executive memorandum telling federal agencies to bring their workers back to the office. Harvard Business School's Raj Choudhury talks about what research says of the move.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Juan Zarate, former assistant secretary of the treasury, on the impact of the latest sanctions on the Kremlin's war in Ukraine and the Russian economy.

Tony Schwartz spent 18 months working on Donald Trump's 1987 best-selling book. "I helped paint a vastly more appealing human being than he actually is," Schwartz says.

The five-part documentary is on YouTube and aims to "shed light on personal journeys, challenges, triumphs, as well as the ways in which anti-gay legislation has impacted the community."

Mark Leyner manages to make run-on sentences, erotic digressions and manic depression engaging in his autobiographical novel, Gone with the Mind.

A trio of rankings recently came out on a variety of subjects, and for the University of South Florida, two out of three weren't bad.USF picked up the top…

Mindfulness expert and Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe guides listeners through a meditative reflection on how breath can bring us closer together.

Mindfulness expert and Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe guides listeners through a meditative reflection on breath and impermanence.

Laying eggs may seem like a simple way to reproduce compared to human birth, but biologist Carin Bondar says bird moms are the micromanagers of the animal kingdom.

On a rooftop garden in the middle of Manhattan, honeybee colonies are flourishing. Biologist Noah-Wilson Rich explains how collecting data from honeybee hives can help ensure a healthy future for all.

For some families, the holiday season is a time for compromise. Chrismukkah, a blend of Hanukkah and Christmas customs, is one of them. Ron Gompertz, author of Chrismukkah: Everything You Need to Know to Celebrate the Hybrid Holiday, talks about mixed traditions with Madeleine Brand.