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The most critical question in Afghanistan today is whether the Afghan military can keep the country safe from the Taliban. An NPR team went looking for the answer, and two of the group were killed.

Seven central Florida veterans Wednesday will receive France’s highest distinction for military service.

Looking back at the last century of presidents, none has strongly campaigned for his chosen successor.

Biographer Larry Tye says Kennedy wasn't always the "hot-blooded liberal" we remember today. The transformation wasn't a "flip-flop" he says; "he took things to heart in ways that few politicians do."

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has launched a hotline for people to report new algal blooms. The DEP's asking for details like when and where the bloom was seen, the color and odor, and whether dead fish or other animals were seen.

Economic analyst Hank Fishkind says there are four major structural changes underway right now that will shape the economic environment over the next twenty years.

The characters in Here Comes the Sun are working-class women, struggling with money, sexuality and the pressures of tourism. It is a debut novel for Jamaican author Nicole Dennis-Benn.

Everywhere you look in central Florida, signs and artwork pay tribute to the Pulse victims. You may have seen one new mural at the corner of Colonial and Mills Avenue. We look at the story behind that one.

"Think of being in a train crash," says one survivor. Now, think of a train crash made of a mountainside. This is an avalanche — and surviving one will take expertise, equipment and a lot of luck.

Garrison Keillor's final A Prairie Home Companion airs Saturday. NPR's Scott Simon remembers the show, beloved by so many, and Keillor's particular talent for telling a story.