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Uyghurs living in Turkey protested China in March for the country's human rights abuses in its western Xinjiang province. A new Amnesty International report substantiates these abuses, calling them "crimes against humanity."

New Report Details Firsthand Accounts Of Torture From Uyghur Muslims In China

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jonathan Loeb, a senior crisis adviser and the lead author of Amnesty International's new report on the persecution of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang.

A plane flies over temporary camp for refugees from Afghanistan at the U.S. Army's Rhine Ordnance Barracks (ROB), where they are being temporarily housed, on August 30, 2021 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Planes Chartered To Evacuate Americans And Others From Afghanistan Remain Grounded

Travelers have spent seven days waiting to depart from the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. At least 19 U.S. citizens and two green card holders are said to be among the group of about 600.

Innovations have helped brewers make non-alcoholic beers that look and taste like their full-strength counterparts. Pictured here: Clausthaler's lager, and Athletic's Free Wave IPA.

Here's why non-alcoholic beers finally taste good, and not just for Dry January

Brewers are now making non-alcoholic beers that are packed with flavor, thanks to new technology and techniques that are reinventing a category that once felt like purgatory.

A 3D-generated image of the variant of concern known as omicron. The little bumps are spike proteins (see definition below).

Coronavirus FAQ: Help me with omicron vocab. What's immune evasion? Epistasis?

The emergence of this new variant of concern has brought a new vocabulary into daily news reports. We asked experts to help define the terms you're being bombarded with.

A 4-year-old can run errands alone ... and not just on reality TV

A Japanese TV show now on Netflix, 'Old Enough!,' has sparked much debate about the wisdom of allowing very young kids to be very independent. Risky? Beneficial? Child development experts weigh in.

Kelsey Plum, of the United States, shoots during a women's 3-on-3 basketball game against China at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.

Poway Resident Kelsey Plum Leads US To 21-19 Victory Over China In Olympic 3X3 Basketball

The U.S. is scheduled to conclude pool-round play by facing Japan in a game set to begin at 9:30 p.m. Monday, California time.

Security guards stand in front of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the city of Wuhan on January 11, 2020, after the market had been closed following an outbreak of COVID-19 there. Two new studies document positive samples of SARS-CoV-2 from stalls where live animals were sold.

Newly published evidence points to Wuhan seafood market as pandemic origin point

The studies offer the strongest evidence to date of a link between the animals at the seafood market and the spread of SARS-CoV-2. A top virus sleuth gives the details.

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A bald eagle perches on a tree at Sunset Park in Rock Island, Ill., in March. A new study says that many species of birds increasingly moved into urban areas as human activity waned during the pandemic.

Birds Thrived Where Humans Feared To Tread During The Pandemic, Scientists Say

A new study shows that as people mostly remained indoors during lockdowns last year, many bird species found less noisy and polluted cities more inviting.

Geminid meteors in the skies above Julian are pictured in this undated photo.

Julian Named California's Second Dark Sky Community

After a lengthy preparation, including enacting new outdoor lighting ordinances, Julian received the designation from the International Dark Sky Association.

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