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The Future Of The Afghan Girls Robotics Team Is Precarious

The Afghan Girls Robotics Team works on their robot at a 2017 competition in Washington. The girls, some of them now young women, face a precarious future with the Taliban back in control of the country. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Afghan Girls Robotics Team: 'We Have A Duty To Protect Them'

The teenagers made headlines when they came to Washington in 2017 for an international competition. Today they face a uncertain future with the Taliban again in charge of their homeland.

Politics

News Brief: Biden Defends Afghan Withdrawal, Booster Shot, Aid For Haiti

by A Martínez , Steve Inskeep

News Brief: Biden Defends Afghan Withdrawal, Booster Shot, Aid For Haiti

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Trial Prosecutors Say R. Kelly Used His Fame To Target Girls For Exploitation

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Trial Prosecutors Say R. Kelly Used His Fame To Target Girls For Exploitation

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COVID-19 Surge Overwhelms Large Medical Centers In Southern States

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COVID-19 Surge Overwhelms Large Medical Centers In Southern States

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Great Malevolent Withholder Guilty Ghosts

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Begotten Guilty Ghosts

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True North You. May. Die. In. The. Desert

At A Local Hospital In Haiti's Hard-Hit Southwest The Injured Continue To Arrive

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At A Local Hospital In Haiti's Hard-Hit Southwest The Injured Continue To Arrive

by Jason Beaubien , Samantha Balaban

At A Local Hospital In Haiti's Hard-Hit Southwest The Injured Continue To Arrive

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Music News

Ray Charles Will Be Inducted Into The Country Music Hall Of Fame

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Hey, Good Lookin' Ray Charles

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I've Got A Woman Jimmy McGriff

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Supercomputer Calculates Pi To A Record-Breaking 62.8 Trillion Digits

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Milwaukee Program Bypasses Banks To Help People Get Into Homes

by Corrinne Hess

Milwaukee Program Bypasses Banks To Help People Get Into Homes

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With The Taliban In Power, Best-Selling Author Worries For The Afghan People

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With The Taliban In Power, Best-Selling Author Worries For The Afghan People

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With The Taliban In Power, Best-Selling Author Worries For The Afghan People

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Alap on the Afghan Rubab: Raga Bhupali Homayun Sakhi

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Ruboyat-I Vanj [Rubayat of Vanj] Salar Nader, Mukhtor Muborakqadomov

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Health

The U.S. Will Offer COVID-19 Booster Shots Beginning In September

by Allison Aubrey

The U.S. Will Offer COVID-19 Booster Shots Beginning In September

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NIH Director Collins On Why The U.S. Reversed Its Decision On Booster Shots

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The Future Of The Afghan Girls Robotics Team Is Precarious

by Greg Myre

The Future Of The Afghan Girls Robotics Team Is Precarious

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Inhaling Wildfire Smoke May Contribute To Thousands Of Additional COVID Cases

by Farida Jhabvala Romero

Inhaling Wildfire Smoke May Contribute To Thousands Of Additional COVID Cases

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Light & Dark Matt Billingsley

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Where Are Taliban Officials Getting The Money To Run Afghanistan?

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Journey Tim Schaufert

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New Lands Tim Schaufert

Europe

'Decanter' Magazine Reports The Story Behind Sting Buying An Italian Villa

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Business

Air Travel Frustrations Rise Amid Chronic Delays And Cancellations

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Air Travel Frustrations Rise Amid Chronic Delays And Cancellations

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About to Set Sail Vivid Low Sky

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A Plastic Smudge Vivid Low Sky

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Politics

The Chaotic U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Puts Biden In A Political Hole

by A Martínez , Domenico Montanaro

The Chaotic U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Puts Biden In A Political Hole

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Asia

How Does The Taliban Victory Look To An Afghan Who Fought Alongside The U.S.?

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National

Miami-Dade County Schools Mandate Masks, Defying Florida's Governor

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