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Rome's Colosseum, the London Eye and the Empire State Building and other iconic buildings were lit up in purple on Thursday, to highlight visibility and equal treatment for people with disabilities.

There have been more protests in parts of Afghanistan against Taliban rule. The militant group is already having challenges governing. With a humanitarian crisis brewing, thousands are trying to flee.

U.S. vaccine diplomacy is in full swing, especially in Southeast Asia. This distribution of millions of shots is an effort aimed in part at helping regain influence across several countries.

Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk of Poland announced she would sell her medal in the javelin throw to help fund heart surgery for an 8-month-old. A convenience store chain had the winning bid of $125,000.

Longtime Boston Globe newspaper reporter Jack Thomas recently found out that he has months to live after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer.

The producer, who died this month at 53, crafted career-defining records by Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans and The Notorious B.I.G., armed with a desire to understand his artists as people first.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with teachers about how they've prepared for another academic year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former military photographer Pablo Piedra's macro photography of Costa Rican insects offers a new perspective of what might otherwise be seen as creepy critters.

The Federal Reserve signaled that it will soon begin to taper — cut back on its monthly purchases of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities — but the timeline isn't clear yet.

Demonstrators lowered the Taliban's flag and replaced it with Afghanistan's tricolor in the eastern city of Jalalabad.

Walla Walla, Wash., has among the highest per capita COVID-19 rates in the U.S. But the county's public health director says it's not his job to reach unvaccinated people in his community.

The Taliban could soon be facing a cash crunch. The U.S. and other countries have taken steps to cut off the international financing which Afghanistan has relied on for much of the last two decades.