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The Kabul airlift is over, but the effort to resettle tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans in the U.S. is just beginning. And there are already some very big obstacles.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with women's rights attorney Kathryn Kolbert on longstanding efforts to chip away at Roe v. Wade and the strategies abortion rights supporters could use to fight such laws.

Texas's restrictive new abortion law has raised concerns that people who drive for the ride-hailing companies could face lawsuits for transporting passengers to clinics.

As kids head back to class, school nurses are stretched thin as they manage increased workloads and delta-variant surges. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three school nurses about this year's concerns.

The right mix of weather conditions combined to create extreme rainfall over New York and surrounding areas. Once extremely rare, such storms may become the norm as the climate warms.

Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing a boy nearly 50 years ago. Ousted from the priesthood, he's the only U.S. Cardinal to face such charges.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, about the new Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

Philadelphians are taking stock of damage after record-high floodwaters caused by Hurricane Ida filled their homes and businesses. Northwest Philly's Manayunk neighborhood was hit especially hard.

President Biden went to Louisiana Friday to get a look at the damage caused by Hurricane Ida. The storm blasted into the state leaving hundreds of thousands still without power and many with no water.

People in the northeast were unprepared for tornadoes and flooding from Hurricane Ida. But these are the types of intense storms climate experts have long warned about.