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This week marks a year since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. But the Taliban hasn't succeeded in silencing Afghan women, whose voices ring out in two new and powerful collections.

The owner of a pumpkin patch on a nearly century-old farm and a dairy farm bed and breakfast owner share the kinds of clients they draw into the country lifestyle. Later, a developer shares how he imagines colorful home exteriors could revitalize Cedar Rapids neighborhoods.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is urging Iowans to apply to be poll workers in this fall’s elections. 900 Iowans who took out federal student loans to attend the now-shuttered for-profit ITT Technical Institute are off the hook for re-payment. Plus, while parts of Iowa saw up to two inches of rain earlier this week, it may be too little, too late for many of the state’s crops.

The Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest ever investment to tackle climate change. But there are signs that it could reinforce existing environmental inequalities.

The writer searched for more than a decade for Susan Lung, who taught him to read and write English when he was a 7-year-old in 1999. On Saturday, she surprised him at one of his book readings.

As students return to classrooms for the new school year, we visit one district, in Jackson, Miss., to hear how school leaders, teachers and families are feeling.

This week marks one year since the abrupt end of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. U.S. veterans are still trying to come to terms with the collapse of the mission.

As part of our summer series on sweat, we get answers to the questions: Do we need to sweat during sleep? And, why does a warm bath help you sleep, even if it makes you sweat?

Liz Cheney lost her House seat, but her fight against ex-President Donald Trump continues. A water crisis on the Colorado River is worsening. Millions of children are beginning a new school year.

Starting practice at the hottest time of year, football players face dangers from the heat. Georgia high school heat rules have turned the state into a national model.