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Among the critics of the Biden administration’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan is US Rep. Michael Waltz, a Republican representing Florida’s 6th Congressional District, and a former Green Beret who served in Afghanistan.

About 200 people, including some Americans, departed the Afghan capital on Thursday. Officials said this was not an evacuation flight, but rather that people were leaving of their own free will.

The Biden administration plans to unveil another strategy to fight the latest COVID-19 surge driven by the delta variant, after a series of setbacks and missteps in the battle against the pandemic.

The 9/11 attacks spurred the so-called war on terror. The campaign changed the country, with the federal government pouring money into protecting the homeland. The nature of threats has also evolved.

Former Israeli and Palestinian officials and combatants say the attacks shaped the course of the Second Intifada and the enduring Israeli-Palestinian impasse.

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Sherri Young, a health official in West Virginia, about the state's current COVID-19 surge overwhelming hospitals, and the low vaccination rate.

The storm came ashore on Wednesday night, just east of where Tropical Storm Fred made landfall last month. It will gradually weaken as it crosses Georgia and enters the Atlantic later in the day.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Maya Cade, who saw how hard it is to access movies by Black directors — so she created the Black Film Archive, a collection of nearly 250 films spanning seven decades.

Defense lawyers say Holmes believed the company could screen for hundreds of diseases with just a finger prick of blood, a pledge that attracted millions of dollars in investment.

John Pierce is defending more people charged in the U.S. Capitol riot than any other lawyer. His past had already raised concerns. And an unexpected absence from court only led to more questions.