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NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Pashtana Durrani, executive director of LEARN — a nonprofit that helps Afghan girls access education.

The prominent immunologist, coronavirus fighter — and unlikely celebrity — offered a pair of surprise graduation addresses this week, at Johns Hopkins University and the College of the Holy Cross

Migrants from Central America say they will take almost any risk to make their way to the United States for new lives and jobs. In some cases, people jeopardize their lives to hop aboard a moving freight train. In the second part of a series, NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on the dangers faced by northbound Latino migrants. See photos from the way stations and crossing points along the way.

In 1966, Mark Weinstein played trombone on Cuban Roots, an obscure but important fusion of Afro-Cuban folkloric music and jazz. Many years, many albums, and one Ph.D. in philosophy later, Weinstein's new album finds him playing the jazz flute.

The United Nations today sent its top humanitarian official, John Holmes, to Sri Lanka to push for more protection for civilians trapped in the island's war zone. The UN estimates nearly 6,500 civilians have been killed there in the last three months. The conventional war now appears to be in its final stages. But does that mean the island's civil conflict is finally at an end? NPR's South Asia Correspondent Philip Reeves reports.

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in attempting to overthrow the 2020 election. Prosecutors had been asking for a 33-year sentence.

If Dominion prevails in its massive defamation suit against Fox News, a big challenge for the voting tech company will be to demonstrate that it deserves more than $1 billion in damages.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with professional runner Makenna Myler, who recently ran a 5:17 mile in her third trimester of pregnancy.

Protesters in Iran talk about the state of their movement as they continue to demand sweeping changes to the country's strict laws. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on April 2, 2023.)

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Raphael Cohen, an expert in military strategy at Rand Corporation, a nonpartisan think tank, about whether Israel is winning the war against Hamas.