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Joe Valiente, director of emergency management in Jefferson Parish, La., says the damage caused by the hurricane is "incredible," with extensive impact on the electrical grids in the area.

The way the Biden administration left Afghanistan and the situation in Kabul has angered many U.S. allies. Now they're scrambling to evacuate their citizens and the Afghans who supported them.

Jason Szwimer once voiced the sassy sister on the long-running kids show Arthur. He's now hosting the podcast Finding D.W. and reaching out to others who voiced the character when they were boys.

At a scientific meeting in Denver, Colo., doctors who treat Alzheimer's patients are figuring out how they will use the newly approved drug Aduhelm, which has had conflicting evidence of its efficacy.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kelli Dillon, who was sterilized without her knowledge in a California prison in 2001. Survivors like her will see reparations under a new provision in the state's budget.

The Harlem Cultural Festival was filled with stars from soul, R&B, blues and jazz and drew more than 300,000 people. Questlove directs this breathtaking chronicle of Black culture in a pivotal moment.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Nicola Yoon about her new romance novel, Instructions for Dancing, in which a disenchanted teenager fed up with love gets a strange superpower.

Music journalist and broadcaster Gianluca Tramontana discusses the significance of Changui music in the Guantanamo region of Cuba.

Professor Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey in England is testing the service. He noticed outages and thinks pigeons have been roosting on the dish on his roof. The dish resembles a bird bath.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed Khan about Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan as the Taliban take control there.