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A girl sits in front of a bakery in the crowd with Afghan women waiting to receive bread in Kabul on Jan. 31, 2022.

Undercover journalist in Afghanistan finds Taliban are abducting, imprisoning women

Filmmaker Ramita Navai has seen girls and women forced to marry Taliban members or arrested for violating the morality code. Her new PBS Frontline documentary is Afghanistan Undercover.

Markets have rallied recently as the economy has proved sturdier than expected and as investors have latched onto artificial intelligence-related shares. Here, stock market numbers are displayed at the New York Stock Exchange on June 2.

What recession? Why stocks are surging despite warnings of doom and gloom

Halfway through the year, hopes about AI and a sturdier-than-expected economy are leading to a big rally in stock markets — but a lot of uncertainty still lies ahead.

Detective Pikachu Returns, a kid-friendly mystery game from Nintendo, releases the same week as Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Mirage.

Detective Pikachu Returns, Assassin's Creed Mirage and more Fall games reviewed

Nintendo and Ubisoft both return to form this Autumn, while massive games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Resident Evil 4 get new expansions. NPR rounds up the best and biggest new games of the season.

Even though the U.S. said it eliminated malaria in 1951, efforts have continued to keep the disease at bay. Above: A Stearman biplane sprays insecticide during malaria control operations in Savannah, Georgia in 1973.

What we do — and don't yet — know about the malaria cases in the U.S.

Five local cases of malaria in the U.S. have been reported --mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite bit and infected the individuals. How worried should we be? Is climate change a factor?

President Joe Biden argued that Donald Trump's supporters pose a threat to U.S. democracy during an address billed as the "battle for the soul of the nation" at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on Thursday.

Historians advise the president. The problem? The scholars were all white.

In early August the White House invited an all-white group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy.

A two decade-long drought on the Colorado River is drying up reservoirs. Droughts there and in California are bringing new scrutiny to the way Western states decide whose water allotment gets cut back.

A racist past and hotter future are testing Western water like never before

In Western states, the older a water claim, the more secure it is during a drought. Tribes have long been excluded from that system and now, they're pushing for change.

Gov. Tina Kotek addresses reporters to mark 100 days in office.

Gov. Tina Kotek says talks over Republican walkout have stalled

With both parties unwilling to budge on a bill tackling abortion and transgender care, the 2023 session appears stuck.

The creation of the modern world, and its debt to Africa

Geoffrey interviews author of book about how world progress from the 1470s through the second world war is due to people, goods, and thinking from Africa.

How Twitter became one of the world's preferred platforms for sharing ideas

As the social media platform struggles to find a way forward, NPR surveys key moments in its history.

Primal Kyogre and Groudon (background) with Mudkip, Pikcachu, Treecko, Pikachu, and Torchic (left to right in the foreground).

Prepare to catch'em all at Pokémon GO's enormous event in Las Vegas

'Pokémon GO' is hosting a huge in-person event in Las Vegas, complete with limited-edition Pokémon to catch.

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