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On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, multiple ceremonies commemorated the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost on that day.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we look at the effect those events and their aftermath had on the U.S. and Afghanistan.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Victoria Estreicher and Robert Tilearcio Jr. about losing their fathers to 9/11 related illnesses.

Reflections from Oklahoma 20 years after the Twin Towers fell and thousands died on a day the nation will never forget.

This week, as the U.S. prepared to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Taliban named a new interim government in Afghanistan.

The remnants of Hurricane Larry, this season's longest-lasting storm, brought 100-mph gusts and feet of snow to some places in Greenland as its summer of record-breaking warmth came to a close.

Lewis County General Hospital in upstate New York is pausing maternity services later this month after dozens of staff members quit because they refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

The South African government is trying to discourage the use of ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication, as an anti-COVID-19 therapeutic. But some doctors are prescribing it anyway.

The Biden administration has declassified a secret FBI report that links some of the 9/11 hijackers to Saudi nationals living in the United States.

The cat made its way to the top level of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. As it clung by one paw to the upper deck, fans below grabbed an American flag — which they used to catch the falling feline.

NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's testimony on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Nicholas strengthened into a hurricane before making landfall early Tuesday. The storm will trigger "considerable flash and urban flooding," the National Hurricane Center says.