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A bipartisan delegation of senators are in Afghanistan, calling for a new strategy from the Trump administration to address Taliban insurgency and define the U.S. role in the country. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, about what the strategy should be and what action he believes the administration should do next.

The U.S. Women's Open golf tournament begins Thursday at the Trump course in New Jersey. Fans agree that it's a beautiful course, but some object to helping boost a Trump-owned business.

President Trump intervened to find a way to permit the girls entry after their applications for visas were twice rejected. For the budding scientists, the path to compete has been a long one.

An anonymous letter complaining about two lingering strings of Christmas lights angered a tightly knit neighborhood near Birmingham, Ala., and prompted a heartwarming response.

NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Tom Goldman talk about the big event in sports this week: March Madness!

The government wanted to change uniforms for schoolgirls so they'd be longer — making it harder to run or play sports. Women pushed back.

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch appears before the Senate for day one of his confirmation hearing on Monday. Gorsuch has been nominated to fill the spot on the court left vacant since the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative, 13 months ago.

One of the state’s most active addiction-treatment programs is expanding its services for women’s and outreach. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze spoke with the head...

Tennessee becomes the latest reason to doubt much-touted improvement in the nation's high school graduation rate.

When Ethiopia barred its best distance runner from competing in the 2016 Olympics, many saw it as an act of ethnic discrimination. Another runner from the same ethnic group says he was exiled.