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Under an agreement made by the Trump administration, today was supposed to be the deadline for the US to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. But the Biden administration is taking more time.

President Biden and Sen. Tim Scott, who delivered the GOP rebuttal to Biden's address, offered divergent perspectives on race in America that illustrate how politics shape debates over racial issues.

The federal government has to spend tax dollars on products made in America, but purchases qualify for that label with 55% of their materials coming from the U.S. Biden wants to raise that percentage.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with environmental policy expert Leah Stokes about what the Democrats' spending plan can achieve on climate, with President Biden's clean electricity performance plan in limbo.

Hanya Yanagihara's much anticipated 700-page novel is a deliberately difficult work, made of up dazzling moments that tend lose their luster when pressed together.

During the pandemic, you may feel like you've seen every show worth watching. With a lot of new shows debuting, we have some suggestions for what to watch in the coming weeks.

California has made major changes in who has to register as a sex offender, and for how long. Join us again in next week at our usual time, 6 pm, where we will talk about what these changes mean for both public safety, and for the ability of some of these folks to resume a normal life years after sometimes minor offenses.How are we sure if the public will be safe? Just who gets his/her life back? Where can someone go to get help?YLR host Jeff Hayden is joined tonight by Shin-Mee Change, Assistant San Mateo County District Attorney, and from the Private Defender Program of the San Mateo County Bar Association, Chief Defender Lisa Maguire and Assistant Managing Attorney Lana Kreidie.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call us, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Scott Simon speaks to Nashville-based musician Hailey Whitters about her new release, "Raised." On this album, Whitters looks back on growing up in a small town in Iowa.

Several cities in the East Bay are set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for COVID-19-related relief.

Five people were killed and 17 were shot in Colorado Springs after a gunman open fired with an AR-style rifle at an LGBTQ nightclub. Why didn't the state's red flag laws stop the shooter?

In an attempt to curb high inflation, the Federal Reserve is expected this week to begin raising interest rates for the first time in three years.