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NPR's Noel King talks to John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, about the decision to withdraw U.S. Troops, the unfolding chaos and how much taxpayers' money was spent.

President Biden is facing criticism, even from members of his own party, over how chaotic the U.S. exit from Afghanistan is turning out to be.

In Cornwall, England, an 83-year-old woman went missing. The search for her came up empty until a passerby heard the woman's cat meowing. The cat was on top of a ravine where the woman had fallen.

Ishaan Thakur, 14, and his sister Aanya, 9, earn tens of thousands of dollars every month mining cryptocurrency. They have dozens of computers able to make billions of calculations every second.

Heat has killed hundreds of workers in the U.S., many in construction or agriculture, an investigation by NPR and Columbia Journalism Investigations found. Federal standards might have prevented them.

Federal water managers have announced the first shortage in the Colorado River system, which supplies water and hydropower to 40 million people and countless farms in western states.

Top executives of leading U.S. newspapers are turning to the Biden administration for help in getting Afghan journalists out of that country. Reporters say they believe the threat is dire.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward about the unfolding situation on the ground in Afghanistan.

Tropical Depression Grace is adding to the misery of the earthquake zone in Haiti, where doctors are scarce and efforts continue to find survivors of Saturday's quake.

The Biden administration is close to advising fully vaccinated Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots after eight months, according to a source familiar with the discussions.