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NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Susannah George, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, about her recent meeting with senior Taliban leadership in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province.

Extremism monitors say 2019 was the year the country started taking serious measures to address a growing far-right threat.

A gunman opened fire during a church service in an area called White Settlement. "Evil walked boldly among us," Sheriff Bill Waybourn said. "Good people raised up and stopped it before it got worse."

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with singer Gloria Gaynor about her Grammy-nominated album, Testimony.

The S&P 500 has seen a nearly fivefold increase since the depths of the Great Recession. But some analysts say the bull market may have gone on too long, encouraging investors to take more risks.

Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners Sunday in a deal negotiated by the countries' presidents. It is a tentative step toward resolving the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

A number of important literary and musical works are headed for the public domain on New Year's Day — including George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."

A 2018 survey of Appalachian Trail thru-hikers shows 95 percent of them are white. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is partnering with nonprofits and…

A cat that disappeared during Hurricane Irma in 2017 has been reunited with its owner in Tampa, Fla. The sheriff's office was able to trace the cat with the help of a microchip.

After a string of anti-Semitic crimes, Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to NPR's Noel King about the growing number of attacks on Jewish communities, and what the city is doing to protect residents.