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Taliban fighters watched the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan around midnight local time on Monday and then fired their guns into the air.

Taliban fighters watched the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan around midnight local time on Monday and then fired their guns into the air.

San Diego County supervisors on Tuesday will discuss a ban on vaping products in unincorporated areas. San Diego County's top public health officer supports such a policy, but a UCSD tobacco researcher is raising concerns. Also on today’s podcast, many San Diegans have broken trash bins, but people who live outside San Diego don’t have the same problem. Find out why. Plus, activists say climate change is a planetary emergency. Hear why the Green New Deal matters to people lobbying for action on climate change.

The crowd gasped when Robert Caslen, a former Army flag officer, called the graduating students "the newest alumni from the University of California." But his bungled speech didn't stop there.

The agreements bring "a pivot in history," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said before a signing ceremony at the White House.

The long-serving monarch named his successor, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, who was sworn in as sultan Saturday. Under Qaboos, the tiny Middle Eastern state took on an outsize role in regional diplomacy.

In a sudden, final offensive, the Taliban pushed into Kabul, as Afghanistan's U.S.-backed president left the country and U.S. diplomatic personnel beat a quick retreat from the embassy compound.

In a sudden, final offensive, the Taliban pushed into Kabul, as Afghanistan's U.S.-backed president left the country and U.S. diplomatic personnel beat a quick retreat from the embassy compound.

It's not clear if the Taliban will be able to seize control of the entire country, but the speed of their advance has many inside and outside the country alarmed at the prospect.

NPR Ari Shapiro speaks with researcher and activist Iyad el-Baghdadi about his role in uncovering evidence that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hacked the phone of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.