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Afghanistan's fall and the Taliban's resurgence muddles U.S. efforts to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, due to fears that if prisoners are released, they'll return to the battlefield.

As COVID-19 surges across the country, medical workers are under increasing strain. One of the hardest-hit states is Alabama, where doctors express frustration at a crisis they say was preventable.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Biden on Tuesday — as the embattled Ukrainian leader tries to keep the U.S. focused on his country's confrontation with Russia.

The one national institution in Haiti that functions — the Catholic Church — has found itself called upon to provide both spiritual and physical aid to people affected by the earthquake.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to researcher at University of Washington, Rachel Moran, about Dr. Joseph Mercola who experts say has been spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccine.

Two decades of drought means reservoirs that store runoff from the Colorado River are depleted, and there's just not enough water to meet demand.

During the COVID-19 crisis, almost 7 million Americans have started new businesses. Though an all time record, it's not unusual for such conditions to make people hungry to start their own thing.

During the pandemic, mutual aid groups helped cover where social services fell short. One such group in San Diego was created after seeing connections between homelessness and racial injustice.

Forested land isn't usually good for farming unless it's clear-cut and plowed. Mini farms under the tree tops can grow crops like ginseng and mushrooms. It may be viable way to be a small time farmer.

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.