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Chuck Hagel took his first trip abroad as defense secretary to Afghanistan this past weekend, and some things did not go as planned.

There are several daytime talk shows starting up, featuring Katie Couric, Steve Harvey and Ricki Lake, among others. TV critic Eric Deggans says they are all still jockeying to be the next Oprah — but there probably won't be another Oprah.

It rained again on Wednesday in California — welcome news to just about everyone. The state is in the midst of a record-setting drought. But the state will need a lot more rain to change the long term outlook. And some residents in areas affected by wildfires are guarding against mud and debris flows.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Dr. John Heaton, president and chief medical officer of LCMC Health, about the state of the system's hospitals post-Hurricane Ida.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave an update on the efforts of U.S. forces to evacuate thousands from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Some 30,000 people are now under orders to evacuate from the Lake Tahoe Region, as the out-of-control Caldor Fire is spreading rapidly in extremely windy and hot conditions.

The so-called Islamic State is raking in millions selling oil to smugglers. The U.S. is working to undermine the militant group's finances by interrupting oil sales and punishing companies that purchase crude from them.

Hillary Clinton has struggled to find a message that resonated, but her motto "stronger together" found new meaning in recent weeks due to its contrast with Donald Trump's convention and message.

This spring, the historic Oregon's Pine Creek Ranch becomes federally protected wilderness, and back country volunteers are tearing down the miles of rusty barbed wire surrounding the land.

With a tentative deal between lawmakers and unions, California's poised to become the first state with a $15 minimum wage. The move avoids a ballot measure that would have required a faster increase.