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Debris in Waverly, Tenn. on Sunday, August 22 after heavy rains caused deadly flash flooding. Climate change is driving more torrential rain around the world.

The Floods In Tennessee Aren't Freak Accidents. They're A New Reality

At least 21 people died in floods in Tennessee over the weekend. Such dangerous flash flooding is a hallmark of climate change.

U.K. Pushes For U.S. Deadline Extension As It Evacuates British Citizens, Afghan Allies

The U.K. is pushing the U.S. to extend its evacuation deadline from Afghanistan beyond August 31.

In a May 6, 2021 file photo, a farmer, Teklemariam Gebremichael, who said he was shot by Eritrean forces in Enticho six months before and is still recovering, speaks to a doctor, left, at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Eritrea's chief of staff of the defense forces.

U.S. Sanctions Eritrean Military Leader Over Human Rights Abuses In Ethiopia War

Thousands of people have been killed in the 9-month-old civil war in Ethiopia. The U.S. accused an Eritrean leader of overseeing massacres, widespread sexual assault, and the executions of boys.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who have been married for over a decade, are the face of a new Tiffany & Co. campaign called "ABOUT LOVE."

Beyoncé Just Became The First Black Woman To Wear The Iconic Tiffany Diamond

Beyoncé and Jay-Z's new Tiffany & Co. campaign marks several milestones: the couple's first joint campaign, a never-before-seen Basquiat painting and just the fourth woman to wear the Tiffany Diamond.

'CODA' Is An Unabashedly Formulaic And Lovely Coming-Of-Age Story

The hit of the 2021 virtual Sundance Film Festival centers on a teenager who's the only hearing member of her close-knit family. CODA strikes some false notes, but it also delivers heartfelt emotion.

R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago in September 2019.

R. Kelly And Britney TV Docs Tap Into 'Consequence Culture,' Not Cancel Culture

Surviving R. Kelly and Framing Britney Spears are among a growing list of documentary projects challenging audiences to reconsider old controversies with fresh eyes.

Americans Are Are Still Trying To Leave Afghanistan

Thousands of desperate Afghans and Americans still trying to catch a flight out of a country again under Taliban once again. President Biden says he aims to wrap up the airlift by the end of August.

The Future Is Uncertain For Women In Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule

Scott Simon speaks with Manizha Wafeq of the Afghanistan Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry about if and how women can continue to make gains under new Taliban rule.

Haitians Continue To Pour Into Hospitals After Earthquake

Scott Simon talks with Dr. Titus Antoine, who runs an emergency room in the port city of Les Cayes, Haiti, about conditions there a week after the earthquake.

The U.S. Pivots To Focus On Southeast Asia After The Fall Of Kabul

Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Southeast Asia this week. How do this week's events in Afghanistan resonate in Southeast Asia, and what does it portend for the U.S. as it pivots to the region?

Afghans sit inside a U.S. military aircraft to leave Afghanistan at the military airport in Kabul Thursday after the Taliban's takeover of the country.

She Fled Saigon As A Child. Now She's Seeing Parallels In Afghanistan

Thuan Le Elston of USA Today talks with Scott Simon about her experience fleeing Saigon as a child at the end of the Vietnam War and how she relates to the current crisis in Afghanistan.

'The Debt Trap' Author On The Generational Setbacks From Student Loans

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell about his new book, The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe.

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