From Jenna Orkin

Taliban vow to respect women, despite history of oppression

Over 1,000 Nashville students in COVID-related quarantine after first week of school

Today’s Taliban uses sophisticated social media practices that rarely violate the rules

How CDC data problems put the U.S. behind on the delta variant

Human remains found in wheel well of C-17 military plane that departed from Kabul airport

archive - Researchers fast-track coronavirus vaccine by skipping key animal testing first 

As Kabul Falls, the Burqa Shops of Afghanistan Get Busy

With the Taliban at the gates of the capital, a generation of Afghans who thought they were liberated from their tyranny talk about betrayal by the U.S. and its allies.

California wildfire crisis escalates amid extreme winds

A man chronicling his wife's cancer treatment on TikTok went viral, saying she was 'kicked out of hospital' because people 'refusing' vaccines are taking up space

A restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown is paying staff $1.6 million over claims that it stole their tips and failed to pay wages

Trump calls the Taliban 'good fighters' who are 'really smart'