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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.

As with Finding Neverland and recent docs about Woody Allen and Britney Spears, Surviving R. Kelly played a critical role in exposing years of abuse — and producing a new must-watch genre.

Chuck Close, who was known for his giant photorealist portraits of friends and colleagues in the art world, has died at the age of 81. Late in life, Close faced accusations of sexual harassment.

Jo Hamya discusses her debut novel, Three Rooms, the story of a young woman navigating housing, privilege and early adulthood in England amid news of Brexit and a surge of nationalism.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to actor and Saturday Night Live alum Molly Shannon about the second season of the HBO Max comedy series The Other Two.

Ramona Gonzalez, who performs as Nite Jewel, discusses how her musicology research on women's lament practices influenced her new album, No Sun.

Pat Barker returns to the scene of the Trojan War in The Women of Troy, but this time after the city has fallen and its women are grieving their old lives while trying to figure out their new ones.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Stephen Wertheim of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who says that Biden's vow to hold attackers accountable shouldn't send the U.S. into a war on terror.