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President Biden gave the order last week to send U.S. troops into Afghanistan as it became clear the Taliban were overrunning Afghan government forces on their way to taking the capital of Kabul.

Students across the country are headed back to campus for fall classes. With the delta variant raging, there are questions around how colleges can pull this semester off.

Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly faces charges of sexual abuse, trafficking and racketeering on Wednesday. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jim DeRogatis and Dream Hampton, who covered the story.

A Spotify playlist of all the new songs added to Highway 309 in 2021.

A strength coach for Illinois State football hopes to become among a select few women to make it to the National Football League. Tessa Grossman just returned from a coaching fellowship with the Atlanta Falcons during that team's training camp.

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.