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NPR's Noel King speaks with Jon Finer, deputy national security adviser, on what the Biden administration did or did not know about the Taliban's strength and strategy in Afghanistan.

NPR's A Martinez speaks to Susannah George of The Washington Post who is on the ground in the Afghan capital Kabul about the latest developments in Afghanistan.

Afghan women who had built new lives in Paris watch with horror as the Taliban retake the Afghan capital Kabul — where many of their family members remain.

Demonstrators converged on Lafayette Park outside the White House on Sunday — one of several places where Afghans living in the U.S. gathered as the Taliban took control of the the capital Kabul.

Jaime Cortez's debut collection, Gordo, is set in and around the same dusty California town that inspired John Steinbeck. It's a lovely portrait of a time and place that still manages to be universal.

The departure of American forces from Afghanistan was forecast to renew violence there, but few expected the Afghan government to fall so quickly. Now the blame game has begun in Washington.

A researcher from the University of Florida spoke about the the long-term economic effects of the outbreak.

For 20 years, Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht has been creating hi-tech fashion — merging couture and technology. Her designs include the Spider and Proximity dresses that move when people get near.

Tropical Depression Grace no longer appears to be a threat to Florida, while potential tropical storm Henri will pass south of Bermuda during the next few days.

With the delta variant spreading, more companies are mandating that employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus, but some are still hoping bonuses will do the trick.

Heat has killed hundreds of workers in the U.S., many in construction or agriculture, an investigation by NPR and Columbia Journalism Investigations found. Federal standards might have prevented them.

Although personal anecdotes are included throughout, Rafia Zakaria's aim is not to explore her own pain but to retrace the history of how white feminism has caused unending trauma through centuries.

Coastal waters from Hernando County to the north were under a coastal flood advisory Tuesday morning, and beaches across the greater Tampa Bay region are at risk of dangerous rip currents.

NPR's Noel King talks to John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, about the decision to withdraw U.S. Troops, the unfolding chaos and how much taxpayers' money was spent.

The U.S. Geological Survey has already recorded several magnitude-5 aftershocks and hundreds of landslides.

Mask mandates and other interventions can help stop a surge, even where vaccination rates are low, say scientists who've reviewed states' data. When the measures start and how long they last matters.

Tropical Depression Grace is adding to the misery of the earthquake zone in Haiti, where doctors are scarce and efforts continue to find survivors of Saturday's quake.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward about the unfolding situation on the ground in Afghanistan.

The Biden administration is close to advising fully vaccinated Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots after eight months, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

Farmworkers, construction workers and firefighters are dying from excessive heat on the job. The federal government has no heat standard to protect them, and climate change is making things worse.

The Pentagon has set a goal of evacuating 9,000 people a day from the country. Those coming to the U.S. need assistance, as do those remaining in Afghanistan.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed Khan about Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan as the Taliban take control there.

Many veterans long supported an end to the war in Afghanistan, but they also watched with anger and disbelief as the country fell — seemingly overnight — to the Taliban.

Afghans in New Delhi have watched with horror as the Taliban take back control of Afghanistan, and they want to help relatives escape. But many refugees can't get work permits in India.

The black cat, Piran, stayed by where the woman had fallen and meowed until a neighbor discovered them at the edge of a cornfield in Cornwall, England, over the weekend.