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Some Schools In Afghanistan Are Back, But Only For Boys. Girls Have Been Told To Wait

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Nyamandi, Country Director of Save The Children in Afghanistan about a restriction on girls' education and other threats to children's welfare under the Taliban.

A Cal Fire truck drives drives down a road during the Valley Fire, Sept. 7, 2020.

Dry, Hot Conditions Increase Risk Of Wildfires In San Diego Mountains And Deserts

Moderate winds amid dry and hot conditions will increase the risk of wildfires Tuesday in the San Diego County mountains and deserts, according to the National Weather Service.

A home burns on Jeters Road as the Dixie fire jumps Highway 395 south of Janesville, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021.

Devastating Wildfires Advancing Through Northern California

Northern California wildfires that incinerated two mountain communities continue to march through the Sierra Nevada and the Pacific Gas & Electric utility is blacking out some 51,000 customers to prevent new blazes.

Line safety director Joe Labak marks a falling branch hazard in the Trail of 100 Giants of Sequoia National Forest, Calif., as the Windy Fire burns on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.

Sequoia National Park's Giant Forest Unscathed By Wildfire

The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park’s famed Giant Forest are unscathed even though a wildfire has been burning near them in California’s Sierra Nevada for nearly two weeks.

Drone footage captured by Anthony Murphy shows the outline of an ancient henge, visible in the pattern of crops grown in a field near Newgrange, Ireland.

In Ireland, Drought And A Drone Revealed The Outline Of An Ancient Henge

As crops get thirsty in Ireland, some plants are faring better than others. Aerial photos show a pattern in crop growth near Newgrange, believed to be the footprint of a previously unknown henge.

Members of the fire department in Lodi, N.J., perform water rescues of trapped residents following torrential rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on Thursday.

Why Ida Hit The Northeast So Hard, 1,000 Miles Away From Its Landfall

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.

The harvest is bad for German farmers this year as the country has experienced the hottest summer on record and months without rainfall.

German Farmers Struck By Drought Fear Further Damage From Climate Change

High temperatures and a severe drought have hit food production in Germany and left many farmers there wondering what they can do to survive climate change.

Sequoia trees stand in Lost Grove along Generals Highway as the KNP Complex Fire burns about 15 miles away on Friday, in Sequoia National Park, Calif.

California Wildfires Make A Run Toward A Giant Sequoia Grove

A shift in the weather accelerated the fires in the Sequoia National Park on Friday. The flames scorched a grouping of sequoias that mark the entrance to a grove of 2,000 sequoias.

Hidilyn Diaz of Philippines celebrates winning the women's 55kg weightlifting match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games — her country's first Olympic gold medal.

The Philippines Wins Its First Olympic Gold After Nearly 100 Years Of Trying

Standing atop the podium where no Filipino had stood before, a tearful Hidilyn Diaz, who serves in the Philippine air force, snapped off a salute.

Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach after an oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the Southern California coast more than 12 hours before a company reported a major leak in its pipeline and a cleanup effort was launched, records show.

Oil pipeline planned even as California moves away from gas

A proposed oil pipeline in California that could allow ExxonMobil to resume production at three offshore platforms is expected to enter a critical phase of its government review next year.

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