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NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Washington Post reporter Susannah George, who is in the Afghan capital Kabul, about the latest areas to be seized by Taliban fighters over the weekend.

The 108th Congress has barely opened but freshman Rep. Max Burns is already running for re-election. The 54-year-old former professor and Fulbright Scholar figures he'll have to work early and hard to keep his seat. NPR's Juan Williams reports on the Georgia Republican's first days on Capitol Hill.

New data from the CDC released on Tuesday shows that while omicron remains the dominant variant, delta — which is the more severe strain — is still a worrisome driving force behind the current surge.

A tornado touched down Saturday morning on the east side of downtown Hopkinsville, ripping the roof and gas pumps from the Marathon station at Ninth and Campbell streets, said Christian County Emergency Manager Randy Graham.

A new study of abandoned oil and gas wells found Kentucky has among the highest number of documented so-called orphan wells in the country.

Smollett, formerly of the TV series Empire — has been found guilty of lying to police about an anti-gay, racist attack on himself in 2019. The 39-year-old actor faces up to three years in prison.

More than 7.5 million Filipinos got COVID vaccines in just three days this week — an impressive milestone in the country's battle against the pandemic.

The autopsy of a California man who was restrained by police calls his death a homicide but says the leading cause was methamphetamine toxicity. His family's attorneys are filing a civil rights suit.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Politico defense reporter Connor O'Brien about the House passing a $768 billion defense policy bill.

A child who was injured in the attack on a Christmas parade in the Wisconsin city has died, prosecutors said as they filed five counts of first-degree intentional homicide against Darrell Brooks Jr.