In recent years, several worker deaths have been linked to grueling "996" schedules, which are common in the tech industry. The label is shorthand for working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for six days in a row.
This was Biden's first visit as president to honor dead service members and comfort their relatives. The fallen service members included 11 Marines, an Army soldier and a member of the Navy.
There's long been opposition to the practice of forcing a woman on her period to menstrual exile in a hut, which can be unsafe and unsanitary. One charity has a new interim response: upgrade the huts.
NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with Azmat Khan, a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, about the many signs that America's involvement in Afghanistan was falling short of stated goals.
A proud "devil doc." A Marine who loved her job. A hockey fanatic with a lovable laugh. Here's what we know so far about the Americans who died in Thursday's explosion at the Afghanistan airport.
History has shown that it's possible to pause war and conflict to distribute lifesaving vaccines for diseases such as Guinea worm and smallpox. Can the world do the same for the COVID-19 vaccine?
A military air traffic controller describes a "steady flow" of aircraft in and out of Afghanistan two days after a deadly explosion and three days before the U.S. deadline to leave.
As the U.S. pulls its troops out of Afghanistan, family members of Nathan Chapman remember the decorated veteran, who was killed in action at age 31 on Jan. 4, 2002.
For India, the power shift in Kabul may mean a loss of security, as well as a loss of economic power and influence in a region increasingly dominated by another neighbor it's uneasy about: China.
As the massive evacuation effort in Kabul continues following Thursday's deadly attack, the White House said, "The next few days of this mission will be the most dangerous period to date."