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NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a Republican and member of the Air National Guard, about the harm done by suicide bombers and gunmen outside the Kabul airport.

An Afghan baby girl born during a U.S. evacuation flight has been named "Reach," after the cargo jet's call sign, Reach 828.

A regional Islamic State affiliate is a major rival to the Taliban in Afghanistan. The U.S. says ISIS-K has long planned attacks on its personnel in the country.

ISIS-K had claimed responsibility for the attack at the Kabul airport. President Biden vowed, "We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay."

The actress and social media personality has been vocal about her sexuality as she opened up this past January saying she's a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

To realign the man's jaw and ease his chronic pain and high blood pressure, he would need two operations, the surgeon said. Both procedures went well, but the patient was shocked by the second bill.

The Biden administration has announced nearly $85 million in funding for youth mental health awareness, training, and treatment.

The vote on the Republican-led election legislation follows historic efforts by Democrats to block it.

The rapidly expanding storm struck Western Cuba and is expected to hit Louisiana on Sunday as a major hurricane.

Many universities have seen increases in academic misconduct. And while cutting corners took on different forms during the pandemic, the jury is still out on whether cheating actually went up.

Immediately after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer's vaccine, the company delivered fewer doses than its government contract projected. Federal officials say they didn't know why.

Annie Liontas talks about her debut novel, in which a Greek immigrant patriarch of a dysfunctional family has a premonition that he has only 10 days to live.

Oil and gas are part of the Texas' DNA. But a proposal to build a natural gas pipeline in far West Texas has roiled residents and galvanized deep community opposition.

The Obama administration unveiled a pilot program Friday morning that will once again give some prisoners access to Pell Grants, a form of federal student aid.

The International Olympic Committee announced Friday that the 2022 Winter Games will be held in Beijing.

Google announced the name of its new parent company on Monday, Alphabet. NPR's Melissa Block talks with the owner of the Twitter handle, @alphabet, Chris Andrikanich, about the Twitter.

China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 8.5 percent Monday prompting a global sell-off. When trading opened in the U.S., the Dow and S&P 500 plummeted, then recovered, then fell again.

More than 70 percent of New Orleans residents say some progress has been made in the availability of medical services since the storm. Still, most say care for the poor continues to lag.

The Problem Solver Convention, held by the group No Labels, gathered in Manchester, N.H., on Monday. Eight presidential hopefuls, including Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, headlined the convention. Republicans, Democrats and independents turned out partly to express their frustration, and to see who might manage to fix political dysfunction.

One report shows that state courts are twice as likely to incarcerate Native teens for minor crimes like truancy and alcohol use. Another, that alternatives like treatment programs are more effective.