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Afghanistan holds its first parliamentary election in decades. Ten people were killed in the hours leading to the balloting. Results aren't expected for a week or more.

Before the Paris Olympics began, residents worried about the cost, security and the impact on their daily lives. But once the Games started, people's attitudes changed as they cheered for it all.

As Kamala Harris nears the Democratic party’s nomination, the mood around her candidacy seems less breathless than in 2008. Code Switch digs into what a Black president would mean this time.

Dozens of people have been killed in China in the past three months in a series of mass attacks. The latest on Tuesday saw primary school students injured by a car as they arrived for classes.

A strong earthquake killed dozens of people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the high-altitude region of western China and across the border in Nepal.

A shooter killed 12 people and injured several more at a country music bar in Ventura County, Calif., late Wednesday. NPR's Noel King talks with Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean.

With the U.S. now reporting more than 800 measles cases, a new poll from health policy research group KFF finds that many people are being exposed to false claims about measles and the measles vaccine.

A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 36 people and injured 40 others.

An inquiry found abuse, torture and neglect of some 200,000 people in state care over 70 years. People with disabilities or from Maori and Pacific Islander communities were especially vulnerable.

Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.