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A summer classic, cancelled due to the pandemic last year is back as the delta variant takes hold. The Iowa State Fair boasts crowds topping 100,000 people but just 62% of Iowa adults are vaccinated.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is announcing that teachers and school employees in the state will be required to be vaccinated or regularly be tested for COVID-19.

In a surprise move, CIA Director William Burns traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, and met the Taliban leader. This is the highest level meeting between the U.S. and the Taliban since the group took over.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, the author of Names For Light: A Family History, an impressionistic story that traces her ancestors and her own journey.

Iranians have been enduring chronic power cuts and water shortages through a hot summer. When crowds took to the streets to protest, they were met with a violent crackdown by security forces.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Rep. Adam Smith, Chair of the House Armed Services Committee, about briefing the Biden administration gave to Congress about the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

It was 15 feet long, with a snout shaped like a dolphin's. This newly identified meat-eater swam the seas near the Isle of Skye in the time of dinosaurs.

The company Tencent has developed the world's second largest standalone messaging app Wechat, with over 300 million users.

Authorities in Mexico have arrested the former Mayor of Iguala and his wife. The two are charged in the case of the forced disappearance of 43 students in September.

Robert Siegel speaks with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia about the election results in his state.