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'Drop By Drop': How Poetry Helped The U.S. Military In Afghanistan

From the Rough Translation podcast, the story of an Air Force captain who seemed to hold the key to turning around the Afghan war, and why everything went wrong.

Marie Guenther votes at the Bay View Library with her son in October 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisc., considered a battleground state.

How swing states came to be critical in U.S. presidential elections

Political campaigns and pundits have long focused on swing states because they offer candidates an opportunity to sway voters off the fence and win coveted Electoral College votes.

Reporters' notebook: revisiting Afghan refugees starting anew in the U.S.

NPR reporters revisit Afghans who fled their home country after Taliban's takeover in the summer of 2021.

The monkeypox outbreak may be slowing in the U.S., but health officials urge caution

Rates of new cases are declining in major cities, suggesting public health campaigns are working. But the spread

Scientists are questioning the evidence about an alleged attack on diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Havana.

Doubts Rise About Evidence That U.S. Diplomats In Cuba Were Attacked

Nearly two years after the U.S. said diplomats in Cuba had been injured in a series of "health attacks," many scientists say there's still no proof anyone was injured.

Why the medical community is thrilled by U.S. support for a 'breakthrough' HIV drug

Lenacapavir has the potential to end the HIV epidemic, researchers say. The Trump administration says backing this kind of effort will be a model for how it does global health work in the future.

Ohio U.S. Senators Oppose Federal Budget Cuts to the Great Lakes Funds

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are sifting through President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, which has gotten a lot of heat from Democrats. There’s one issue…

The headless, reclining sculpture of the river god Ilissos is on display at the State Hermitage Museum as part of its 250th anniversary celebration in St. Petersburg in December. The sculpture, taken from the Parthenon in Athens 200 years ago, was on loan to Russia from the British Museum.

Greece Says It Won't Take U.K. To Court For Return Of Elgin Marbles

Athens says taking the matter to the International Criminal Court would take too long and the outcome would be uncertain. Instead he says Greece will use diplomatic channels for their return.

Mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020.

Columbus And Local Governments Join Lawsuit Against U.S. Postal Service Changes

Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein is joining 32 local and tribal governments opposing recent changes at the U.S. Postal Service.Columbus has signed on to…

In this November 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio.

U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Challenge To Ohio Death Penalty Law

The U.S. Supreme Court says it won’t hear a challenge to Ohio’s death penalty law in a case involving a convicted murderer and rapist from Marion.The…

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