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The largest airlift in U.S. history continues as thousands of Afghans are on their way to new homes, fleeing Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. Many evacuees are being processed at the base in Ramstein.

Maryland is famous for its crab cakes. But the cost of crab and a shortage of the crustacean has Baltimore chef John Shields doing something radical.

Simultaneous disasters, like the wildfires in California and Hurricane Ida this week, are happening more often as the planet heats up. Emergency managers are preparing for that future.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Zach Van Meter, a private equity investor who organized the Commercial Task Force to help evacuate people from Afghanistan, and get them resettled in another country.

Following Hurricane Ida's powerful strike on Louisiana, the state is struggling to cope with the aftermath. Power is out for a million homes and businesses, food and fuel are both in short supply.

As when the Taliban last took power, the Panjshir Valley is the hub of resistance — and is led by a man named Massoud. This Massoud has no combat experience but is amassing allies and vows to fight.

China is the world's largest carbon emitter, after the U.S., producing an estimated 27% of global greenhouse gases. Kerry is in the country for talks on stronger efforts to curb rising temperatures.

The 66-million-year-old fossil is 24 feet long. If you have the space and the money, the ancient specimen could be yours. The price tag is an estimated $1.4 million.

In 2003, Elizabeth Holmes created a startup with audacious claims that through a simple blood test, she could revolutionize medicine.

Hurricane Ida flooded the fishing village of Jean Lafitte with up to 12 feet of water.

Many schools have jumped at the chance to join the hundreds of colleges that have some sort of vaccine mandate, hoping to keep students safe, campuses filled and legal concerns at bay.

A four-legged victim of the massive storm that ripped through Louisiana got some noisy assistance from St. Bernard Parish workers armed with a chainsaw.