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On Tuesday, the Taliban announced the women could no longer attend university. One educator in Afghanistan called it "gender apartheid." The highest grade girls will be able to attain now is grade 6.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Michael McKinley about the attack on Brazil's government and implications for U.S.-Brazil relations.

The North Carolina Coastal Federation finished its restoration of the North River Wetlands Preserve this winter. Wetland habitats play several crucial roles, including protecting water quality, preventing floods, and serving as critical territory for unique plants and animals.

Twitter has become the first mainstream social media platform to reinstate the former president, who was banned from many sites after his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows a tight contest for credibility between Christine Blasey Ford and high court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But 42 percent are unsure who is telling the truth.

Donald Trump's lawyers are expected to lay out their defense of the former president by focusing on the constitutionality of the process itself during the impeachment hearings.

Recent fighting in northern Syria has been pushing more and more civilians to seek shelter elsewhere. But neighboring Turkey, already burdened with 2.6 million refugees, has locked down its border.

Special counsel Jack Smith wants a protective order to limit what former President Donald Trump can disclose about the Jan. 6 case against him. Trump's team has until 5 p.m. ET on Monday to respond.

By a 6-to-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended race-conscious admission programs at colleges and universities across the country.

U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in June. That's a solid number, but fewer than the month before. Here are the 5 things we took away from the report.

In a large study, the experimental drug donanemab slowed the progression of Alzheimer's by about 35%. That's slightly better than the drug Leqembi, which was fully approved by the FDA on July 6.

International Women's Day, on March 8, celebrates the achievements of women. We share stories from women in the the Kibera community, which locals call a "slum," about their setbacks and successes.

At its first rally, "Republicans for Harris" encouraged fellow conservatives to vote for Democrats over former President Donald Trump. The Trump team responded, calling Harris "dangerously liberal."

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the reason an upside down U.S. flag was flying at his house, was that his wife put it up because of a beef with a neighbor. We’ll hear from that neighbor.

The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.

It's down to the Astros, the Brewers, the Dodgers and the Red Sox for the World Series. In soccer, the U.S. women play Trinidad and Tobago in CONCACAF, and a win means an automatic berth.

South Korea's government and health officials are worried about teens addicted to gaming and their smartphones in the world's most connected society.

Vice President Harris has shifted to an anti-Trump focus. It has echoes of the final weeks of Hillary Clinton's failed 2016 campaign.

The president-elect made a similar pledge on social media in early December. His latest comments came during a wide-ranging news conference from Mar-a-Lago.

Elon Musk's new online encyclopedia aims to challenge Wikipedia, which he has accused of left-leaning bias. We used them to search for data about each other.