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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mohammad, an ex-interpreter for the U.S. military, whose company works with Afghan farmers to grow saffron for the U.S. market, about the effects of the Taliban takeover.

The Northeastern U.S. has begun digging out from a record-setting rainstorm that killed more than 40 people and has caused tremendous damage.

Schools in Haiti's southwest are beginning the new school year, just weeks after an earthquake devastated the region.

The Biden administration's COVID booster plan for the general population is supposed to start soon, but the FDA still wants to review its safety — and whether kids under 12 should be vaccinated.

Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing a boy nearly 50 years ago. Ousted from the priesthood, he's the only U.S. Cardinal to face such charges.

French law says only sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region can use the name. A new Russian law reserves the name for bubbly produced and sold in Russia.

A school board outside Portland, Ore., has banned from campus what it calls "political symbols." Now longer allowed are Black Lives Matter signs and Pride flags. And the board is getting pushback.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Rep. Adam Smith, Chair of the House Armed Services Committee, about briefing the Biden administration gave to Congress about the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Professor Dorit Reiss of the University of California Hastings School of Law explains the legal parameters.

Politico's Eugene Daniels and Fox News' Chad Pergram discuss the political challenges ahead this month for President Biden on infrastructure spending and more.