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She's had to flee Afghanistan for her life. And she's one of many whose experience offers a window into what the Taliban takeover may hold for the country's women.

There have been more protests in parts of Afghanistan against Taliban rule. The militant group is already having challenges governing. With a humanitarian crisis brewing, thousands are trying to flee.

Demonstrators lowered the Taliban's flag and replaced it with Afghanistan's tricolor in the eastern city of Jalalabad.

The Federal Reserve signaled that it will soon begin to taper — cut back on its monthly purchases of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities — but the timeline isn't clear yet.

Illinois Wesleyan University staff and students have even higher vaccination rates than Illinois State University students and staff, and the rates are above the averages for the state and for McLean County.

Filipe Ribeiro of Doctors Without Borders Afghanistan talks to NPR about the future of the country's health care system under Taliban rule.

The Taliban could soon be facing a cash crunch. The U.S. and other countries have taken steps to cut off the international financing which Afghanistan has relied on for much of the last two decades.

New research finds that sac-winged bat pups — a species of bat found in Central and South America — like to "babble" in ways that are remarkably similar to human babies.

Walla Walla, Wash., has among the highest per capita COVID-19 rates in the U.S. But the county's public health director says it's not his job to reach unvaccinated people in his community.

The McLean County Regional Planning Commission has a lofty goal to get to zero fatal traffic collisions and zero life-changing injuries per year in the county. It's based on a program that emerged in Sweden and has spread worldwide.