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Thousands of desperate Afghans and Americans still trying to catch a flight out of a country again under Taliban once again. President Biden says he aims to wrap up the airlift by the end of August.

The U.S. government is urging its citizens in Indonesia to exercise "extreme caution" in public places over the holidays. The warning is prompted by threats from terrorists, such as those believed to have carried out the October bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed nearly 200 people. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

The Guardian has released another video from its interview with the so-called NSA leaker. In it, he explains some of his motivation for spilling secrets.

Journalist Jeff Gammage and his wife Christine have adopted two daughters from China; now Gammage, a staff writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer, has written a book about the experience. It's called China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood.

This year flu shots are hard to find in the United States, so some companies are coming up with creative ways to transport people to Canada. The vaccine is plentiful there and the exchange rates are low in case you want to pack in a day of shopping, too. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

As the nation prepares in earnest for a potential terror attack, public officials walk a fine line between informing people and generating panic. Bio-terror experts say precautions such as covering windows with plastic sheeting and duct tape are unnecessary for most people and ineffective for others. NPR's Pam Fessler and NPR's Jon Hamilton report.

The cult of the TV celebrity chef has created multimedia empires, but it has also helped transform the way Americans think about food.

U.S. military officials are searching the south of Baghdad for three American soldiers who went missing on Saturday. A group with ties to al-Qaida claims to have captured several soldiers in the attack.

Baghdad's Al Durah power station provides electricity to about half of the city of five million. It's been shut down since it was hit by a U.S. airstrike over a week ago. Now, U.S. troops are working with Iraqi engineers to bring it back on line. NPR's Jackie Northam reports from Baghdad.

How do immigrants to this country view the messy process of democracy? What would they like to bring home to their own countries? In the midst of the primary season, immigrants in New York City talk about their perceptions of the process and the problems.