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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen about the future of Afghanistan. The Taliban say Afghans who worked with Americans aren't in danger and women may work outside the home.

The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day in American history, and the partial victory by Union troops led Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Monday marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle that left 23,000 men killed or wounded on both sides.

The labels use the letters BE, for bioengineered, not GMO, which critics say could baffle consumers. One design features a smiling sun that a skeptic calls "essentially propaganda for the industry."

Russia's track and field program is banned from international competition because of a doping scandal. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Gene Grabowski, a former partner with Burson-Marsteller.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren outlined a potential presidential bid Monday. Rachel Martin talks to Anita Dunn, an ex-senior adviser for President Obama, about how candidates can differentiate themselves.

Some environmentalists say food production needs a fundamental reboot, with crops that stay rooted in the soil for years, like Kernza, a prairie grass. Even General Mills says it likes the idea.

The head of CBP says the Seattle field office was "corrected" after it questioned hundreds of Iranian-American citizens at a border crossing. But advocates fear this wasn't an isolated mistake.

In the long-running war between farmers and weeds, it's advantage, weeds. Scientists in Kansas have found examples of the dreaded pigweed that are immune to the newest weed-killing technologies.

Pesticides called "neonics" are popular among farmers, but also have been blamed for killing bees. In Canada, the province of Ontario is trying to crack down on neonics, with mixed results.

The Bloomington-Normal Sports Commission recently honored some of the top student-athletes in McLean County. In this edition of Beyond Sports, the honorees show how they balance life in the classroom and on the field of play — and excel at both.