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The McLean County Health Department reported 144 new coronavirus cases from the weekend, as the county has surpassed 19,500 cases since the start of the pandemic.

In another sign of the dramatic change wrought by the Taliban's sudden takeover, Paralympic athletes now have no way to travel to Japan.

Haiti has a long history of major earthquakes that leave destruction and carnage in their wake. A combination of factors makes the country especially susceptible to damage from these quakes.

In an address to the nation, President Biden defended his move to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. But the Taliban takeover presents the U.S. and the world with new national security challenges.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jane Ferguson, correspondent for PBS NewsHour, from Kabul.

President Biden addressed the nation Monday afternoon on the situation in Afghanistan, as he endures withering criticism from Republicans and Democrats over the chaotic withdrawal.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with James Miervaldis, chairman of No One Left Behind — which helps Afghan and Iraqi interpreters resettle in the U.S. — on issues with the Special Immigrant Visa program.

In the California, the Bay Area's city of Fremont has one of the largest Afghan communities in the U.S. Residents there are watching the chaos in Kabul with dismay.

As the delta variant spreads, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said that 90 million unvaccinated Americans are "sitting ducks for this virus."

More than 1,200 people died in the earthquake.