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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Heather Barr, Associate Director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, about a report showing how the Taliban takeover affected education in Afghanistan.

In 1989 Charles Stuart killed his wife in what he claimed was a carjacking by a Black man. A series about that murder and the police investigation that followed is more than another true-crime story.

The Oscar-nominated actor was known as a heartthrob from his roles on the 1960s soap opera and later hit movies. He died on Friday, according to his son.

The appeals court ruling would allow Trump to make public statements about the special counsel in the case, Jack Smith, but not other prosecutors, court staffers or their family members.

Hear the Grammy-nominated jazz musician performs songs from her latest album, Bewitched.

After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, curators in Israel raced to lock their most precious museum items into safe storage. In Gaza, the fighting has caused damage to more than 100 cultural landmarks.

Authorities said that the shooting suspect mailed letters to University of Nevada, Las Vegas employees across the country and that at least one letter contained a harmless unidentified white powder.

In states where abortion was restricted following the fall of Roe v. Wade, a growing number of people are seeking permanent contraception.

NPR's Steve Inskeep recalls a 2008 conversation with TV producer and activist Norman Lear, who revolutionized network television. He worked social commentary into sitcoms that usually avoided it.

The legendary New York City club CBGB was known for hosting America's punk and new wave movements. The club closed its doors in 2006.