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Father Of Marine Killed In Kabul Reflects On His Son's Life And Saying 'I Love You'

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz was among the 13 U.S. service members killed in a bombing in Kabul last week. His father, Mark, has a message for fellow Americans.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether the federal government can sue Texas over its controversial law that bans most abortions.

Novel Texas abortion case is back at the Supreme Court

At issue is whether a state can nullify a constitutional right by delegating enforcement not to state officials, but to private citizens who are authorized to sue abortion providers and others.

In between answering 911 calls, Jerrad Dinsmore (left) and Kevin LeCaptain perform a wellness check at the home of a woman in her nineties. The ambulance team in the small town of Waldoboro, Maine was already short-staffed. Then a team member quit recently, after the state mandated all health care workers get the COVID-19 vaccine.

In Maine, a looming vaccine deadline for EMTs is stressing small-town ambulance crews

Statewide, the COVID vaccination rate for first responders is more than 95%. But it's not as high in more rural areas, where ambulance crews can't function if just a few people quit.

20 Years After The End Of The World

At the turn of the millennium, Radiohead turned creeping melancholy and desolation into two albums that changed the band's career. Two decades later, maybe we've caught up to their prophetic vision.

As COVID spread in federal prisons, many at-risk inmates tried and failed to get out

Federal prisons saw a significant rise in deaths during the pandemic years, NPR found. Of those who died from COVID-19, nearly all were elderly or had health conditions, and many had tried to get out.

The U.S. Capitol on Thursday, the third day of former President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial.

Democrats Made A Methodical Case. Now, It's The Trump Team's Turn

The first three days of the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump went about as well as they could have for Democratic House impeachment managers.

Don't let omicron crash your holiday gathering. Here's how to keep your family safe

You might want to cancel that holiday party, and definitely dust off your face mask. Don't panic, but do step up your precautions. Here's how.

Zahra Yagana, her daughter Parisa and son Jawed spent close to two months at Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin.

Newly arrived Afghans get creative and find their own way to homes

Thousands of recent Afghan refugees are still living on military bases as resettlement agencies struggle to find affordable housing. Some, like Zahra Yagana, are finding help in unexpected places.

NPR Music critic Ann Powers writes that Adele's new album, 30, "engages with the world â through lyrics that trade adolescent romanticism for genuine self-examination." Her new album, 30, is out now.

Adele talks coming back to Earth at '30'

Morning Edition's Rachel Martin talks to Adele about her latest album and the growing pains of growing older.

Gloria Hernandez, 82, stands outside her home in Aliaga, a village in the Philippines, where she lives with her daughter and grandsons. During the pandemic, she has been struggling to afford fresh meat and fish.

The New Faces Of Pandemic Food Insecurity: Hungry, Worried ... Yet Generous

A lawyer who lost her job. A single mom with HIV. A grandmother who thought she had enough money to get by. A onetime golf coach. They're among the millions now struggling to put meals on the table.

Before classes begin for the day, elementary music teacher Penelope Quesada gathers her most commonly used cleaning supplies and places them around the classroom in places of convenience.

She's Been Teaching For 18 Years. She Says This Year Is Her Most Stressful Yet

What does an elementary school classroom look like right now? Photojournalist Natosha Via spent the day with one Louisville music teacher as she adjusted masks and sanitized xylophone mallets.

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which saw scenes of desperation and violence inside and outside of Kabul's airport, has coincided with a drop in President Biden's approval rating. Biden has fiercely defended the evacuation.

Biden's Approval Rating Hits A New Low After The Afghanistan Withdrawal

President Biden's approval rating slid to just 43%, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. The decline is principally due to independents, a key swing group.

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