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Isfandiyar Pataudi, ex-chief of analysis for Pakistan's intelligence agency and a retired general in Pakistan's army, tells NPR's Steve Inskeep how the U.S. blundered its 20-year war in Afghanistan.

Fierce competition to get children into the top schools has spawned an aggressive parenting culture named for a traditional-medicine treatment in which chicken blood is injected to stimulate energy.

Power is expected to be restored in more parts of Louisiana this week, but residents throughout the state are still struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, especially those along the coast.

The Taliban say they've taken control of the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan. Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, the view from Pakistan. It's Labor Day, but many are jobless.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Kristin Myers, editor in chief of the personal finance website The Balance, about federal unemployment programs that expire on Monday.

Officials in Nebraska recently stopped publishing county-level coronavirus data — citing privacy concerns. Public health experts say that's false and creates a dangerous blind spot.

ECMO, the highest level of mechanical life support, functions as a temporary heart and lungs for some of COVID-19's sickest patients. But the waitlist is too long for many patients who need it.

The fall broadcast and streaming season begins with splashy series — from the return of Succession to the new FX miniseries about Bill Clinton's impeachment.

With lighter winds and cooler temperatures, firefighting conditions are improving, but the work of containing the Caldor Fire is still backbreaking.

Democrats have renewed calls for Supreme Court reform in the wake of the Texas abortion decision. NPR's Michel Martin speaks to law professor Stephen Feldman.