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A destroyed white van sits at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday. A powerful bomb blast tore through the capital, rattling windows, sending smoke billowing from Kabul's downtown area and wounding more than a hundred people

White House Condemns Day-Long Taliban Attack That Killed At Least 6

Insurgents unleashed a multifaceted attack on the Afghan Defense Ministry, killing civilians and wounding more than a hundred others. It came as the U.S. and Taliban leaders engaged in peace talks.

Biden is giving $6 billion to Micron for a semiconductor project in upstate New York

The Micron project comes after the White House has announced massive investments for Intel, TSMC and Samsung in recent weeks using funds from the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives to take part in a Ukraine peace summit near Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 15. Mitsotakis' administration says making six days of work mandatory is necessary due to a shrinking population and a shortage of skilled workers.

Greece's new 6-day workweek law takes effect, bucking a trend

An employee who must work on a sixth day would be paid 40% overtime, according to the new law.

Panel Calls For Medicare Thrift To Reduce Debt

A report from the Bipartisan Policy Center suggests that seniors should start paying more for Medicare to help the nation's deficit. It also wants the government to check the growth of both Medicare and Medicaid programs in the future.

The Jan. 6 attack: The cases behind the biggest criminal investigation in U.S. history

More than 1,570 people have been federally charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. NPR tracked each case from the initial charges through sentencing.

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump begin to gather for a rally on Jan. 6, 2021, in the vicinity of the U.S. Capitol and National Mall. Some of these supporters later rioted at the Capitol. New records show a gap of more than seven hours in Trump's phone call record around the time of the siege.

Trump White House phone records show 7-hour gap on Jan. 6

Calls Trump made to Republican lawmakers during the insurrection have been revealed publicly, underscoring questions about why no activity was recorded during the most crucial hours of that day.

When It Comes To Tax Cuts, Neither Side Is Blinking

Democrats and Republicans are going to the brink over tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans in a showdown that threatens to send the U.S. over a year-end "fiscal cliff." So what's at the heart of the impasse?

A biologist looks at microplastics found in sea species at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research near Athens, on November 26, 2019. - "Marine litter is a global issue, so it is (present) in Greece. More than 70 percent of marine litter is plastic in Greece," says Katerina Tsagari, a biologist .The team has found litter, most of it plastic, in about 75 percent of loggerhead turtles tested. Overall, they have found plastic ingestion in between 20 and 45 percent of the species tested, which include fish, crabs and mussels. (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP) (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

The Atlantic Is Awash With Far More Plastic Than Previously Thought, Study Finds

A new study suggests there is far more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than scientists estimated earlier, especially tiny pieces of plastic that can end up inside fish and other animals.

News brief: Children's vaccines; Colombia's new president; Jan. 6 hearings continue

Colombia elects a new president. Parents can now vaccinate kids under 5 against COVID. And, Elise Stefanik's defense of former President Trump around Jan. 6 clouds her pro-democracy work abroad.

Free screening of "Poldark" at WSKG

Almost 40 years ago Captain Ross Poldark galloped across the TV screens of millions  of PBS viewers, vexing villains and winning female hearts in one of…

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