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The U.S. says it is not ready to "throw in the towel" on peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government. But violence in the country is increasing, with the Taliban taking over urban areas.

Summer tourist towns are known for quirky shows and usually have an eccentric daredevil or magician that pulls in the crowd. One Adirondacks illusionist makes his mark with leather and 70s rock.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Charlie Cook about his time at the helm of the Cook Political Report and his assessment of the state of American politics after closely tracking it for so many decades.

When President Biden has downtime, he heads out of D.C. So far, he's spent more weekends away from the White House than inside it. Next week, he'll start vacation in — where else? — Delaware.

The latest Utah news from Friday evening, August 6, 2021.

Health officials are saying it’s unsafe for everyone to be outside this weekend because of wildfire smoke blanketing Northern Utah. The smoke is coming from wildfires burning in California though, not Utah.

"Operation Lone Star," as it's called, relies on a force of state troopers, National Guard and reinforcements from other red states. The mission is to curtail the migrants surging into the Rio Grande.

President Biden likes to spend his weekends in Delaware, at his Wilmington home or Rehoboth beach house. Almost anywhere but the White House, where he says it's "hard to get comfortable."

Over the years, Mitchell Garabedian has represented hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse. His latest is a civil case against former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Filipe Ribeiro, the Afghanistan representative for Doctors Without Borders, about the escalating violence in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan.