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Soldiers with Butcher Troop, part of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, and Afghan National Army troops climb the treacherous mountains overlooking the Khost-Gardez highway while on a mission to disrupt insurgent fighters in the area.

Fighting Shifts To Afghanistan's Mountainous East

As the fight in southern Afghanistan winds down, the toughest challenge for U.S. and Afghan forces is in the east — an area one captain likens to the American West in the 1800s. There, they are battling a Taliban offshoot called the Haqqani network.

From left, Steve Roberts, former state GOP chair; Mary Kramer, former Iowa Senate president, and John Stineman, GOP campaign consultant.

Iowa Republicans Still Waiting For Superman (Or Woman)

In the wake of the week that was, at least in terms of the Ames Straw Poll, NPR sat down for lunch in Des Moines Sunday with three influential Iowa Republicans for a freewheeling conversation about what the developments mean for the party.

Left to right: Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch, Twitter Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, and Google Law Enforcement and Information Security Director Richard Salgado testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.

Charges, Hearings Sharpen The Big Picture About Russia's Influence Campaign

Nearly a year after Election Day, action on Capitol Hill and by DOJ special counsel Robert Mueller helps put the pieces together about Russia's interference. But some remain missing.

Whitney Houston performs at Mediolanum Forum in 2010 in Milan, Italy. The Beverly Hills police said Saturday that the singer has died. She was 48.

Music Superstar Whitney Houston Dies

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Police say Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The cause of death has not been reported.

Synthetic Windpipe Transplant Boost For Tissue Engineering

Surgeons in Sweden replaced an American patient's cancerous windpipe with a scaffold built from nanofibers and seeded with the patient's stem cells. Lead surgeon Dr. Paolo Macchiarini discusses the procedure and the benefits of tissue-engineered synthetic organs.

Taste Testing The Hot Sauce Spectrum

There's hot sauce, and then there's hot sauce. Audie Cornish puts reporter Allison Aubrey to the taste test at Rocklands BBQ in Arlington, Va.

Brooke Shields is aging in the public eye — and she wants to talk about it

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress, writer and entrepreneur Brooke Shields about her effort to embrace aging and how she's trying to help other women do the same.

Adrian Quesada, photographed performing with Eric Burton as Black Pumas during the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in LA on March 14, 2021.

Adrian Quesada pays psychedelic tribute to boleros in his new album

Musician and producer Adrian Quesada has released a collection of songs that nods to a 50-year old genre blending Latin traditional music and psychedelic rock. It's called Boleros Psicodelicos.

For those seeking medical care, a request to leave Gaza can mean life or death

A Palestinian man struggles to get approval to leave the Gaza Strip and go to a hospital for heart surgery as his health deteriorates.

Nearly five hours after the markets closed on Friday, Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating because of political risks and a rising debt burden.

Standard & Poor's Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating

Citing political risks and a rising debt burden, Standard & Poor's lowered the U.S. AAA credit rating by one notch to AA-plus. This is the first time in history that the United States has had its credit rating lowered. The agency said the deficit plan passed by Congress did not go far enough to stabilize the country.

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