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The war in Iraq has taken a heavy toll on children, many of whom saw their own family members kidnapped, tortured and executed during the brutal sectarian fighting from 2006 to 2008. But there are few services for the country's estimated 4 million to 6 million orphans, and plans to open Iraq's first child-psychiatry clinic have stalled.

Vaccines have been wildly successful in taming killers like polio and measles, but some require boosters to stay effective. A few parents wonder if getting sick and gaining a natural immunity is better than giving their children vaccines.

Even kids as young as 5 or 6 years old can strengthen their muscles and bones with resistance training, say physical education researchers. And, the strength training can help kids avoid injury on the sports field or in gym class.

The Labor Department on Friday said the nation's unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in November because of the weak job market. The jobless rate for October was 9.6 percent. Employers added only 39,000 jobs last month. For more on the latest economic data, Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Yuki Noguchi.

Since the first days of the space program, astronauts wear a special patch specific to each mission. A small North Carolina company has designed them all since the Apollo lunar launches.

On Tuesday, the Taliban announced the women could no longer attend university. One educator in Afghanistan called it "gender apartheid." The highest grade girls will be able to attain now is grade 6.

In the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, several survivors stayed alive by chance when their collapsed walls provided protection.

Twitter has become the first mainstream social media platform to reinstate the former president, who was banned from many sites after his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

A rare exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art features 60 of Lawrence's paintings about the journey of 6 million African-Americans, who fled the segregated South during the Great Migration.

It's been a rough October for Donald Trump. Barring something extraordinary happening in the final few weeks, his path to win is a near-impossible feat to pull off.