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NPR's Noel King talks to Afghan war veteran Kristen Rouse about her perspective on the proposed peace deal between the U.S. and Taliban.

NPR's David Greene speaks with Rosemary Banks, New Zealand's ambassador-designate to the U.S. about the shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

"Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate.

The Biden administration is proposing that the U.S. census and federal surveys change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African."

The wait time for an asylum-seeker in the U.S. to get a work permit is at least half a year. City governments across the country are pressing the federal government to change that.

The government shutdown is taking a growing toll on air traffic controllers who are working without pay. Staffing shortages led to big delays over the weekend, raising concerns about travel chaos.

The U.S. citizen spent more than three years in an Iranian prison. He tells NPR that Iranian authorities "told me quite explicitly just that 'we need a deal with America.' "

Solar energy can reduce climate pollution and electric bills. The U.S. government will soon start giving out $7 billion in grants for solar programs for low-income homes.

Ohio and other states are navigating changes at the U.S. Department of Education, which is continuing with layoffs and has announced it's frozen funding that was expected July 1.

The discovery of the ship on an Alabama river bottom has fostered a renewed hope for descendants of the Clotilda's captives, and the community they founded called Africatown.