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The emergency gathering of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation was the largest international meeting on Afghanistan since the country fell to the Taliban in August.

Tobacco use among young people in the U.S. is rising — mostly due to the spread of e-cigarettes, according to a new report released Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. E-cigarette use, including different types of products like juuls, nearly doubled among U.S. high school students, from about 12 percent in 2017 to nearly 21 percent in 2018. The CDC reports, during that time, the number of young people using e-cigarettes went up by 1.5 million.

The head of the U.S. Border Patrol said her agents are spending more and more of their time dealing with families with children who need food and medical care.

The continued drain of personnel from the already strained immigration court system has contributed to depleted staff morale, mounting case backlogs — and floundering due process.

U.S. retail spending grew 1.9% last month, delivering a slight boost of confidence amid a recent spate of signs that the economic recovery has lost momentum from the pandemic's toll.

All this month, during Women’s History Month, The American Sound will feature performances by noted American women conductors, and online stories…

The Trump-era policy required asylum seekers to wait for their immigration hearing in Mexico. The Biden administration suspended the program, but was blocked by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The request comes as the overall size of the military force at the border will be cut from around 5,900 personnel to 4,000, Pentagon officials tell NPR. The deployment may be extended through January.

U.S. employers added 303,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate dipped to 3.8%. Construction companies added 39,000 jobs, despite high interest rates.

He was the unnamed doctor in his 40s reported to be clinging to life, one of the earliest cases of an American health care worker laid low by COVID-19. He says timely medical interventions saved him.