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Girls enter a school before class in Kabul on Sept. 12, 2021. In a surprise decision, the hardline leadership of Afghanistan's new rulers has decided against opening educational institutions to girls beyond sixth grade.

Taliban reverses decision, barring Afghan girls from attending school beyond 6th grade

The rulers' decision — reneging on a previous promise — came at the start of the new school year in Afghanistan and risks further alienating the international community.

The Shelley Irwin Show Podcast for 5-12-25

Habitat for Humanity, West Michigan Trails, Stomp Out Stigma 5k, Heritage Homes Tour, A Greek Tragedy, and the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.

The $1.6 billion Dominion v. Fox News trial starts Tuesday. Catch up here

Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp. for knowingly airing false claims that its machines rigged the 2020 election against then-President Donald Trump.

Vice President George H.W. Bush accepts the Republican nomination for president in 1988. In that speech, he laid out a promise that he would later break, hurting his chance at re-election and changing his party.

6 Little Words Helped Make George H.W. Bush (A 1-Term) President

"Read my lips" succeeded at countering Bush's image problem. But if it improved his chances of being elected in 1988, it may have ruined his chances of being re-elected in 1992.

Terri Logan (right) practices music with her daughter, Amari Johnson (left), at their home in Spartanburg, S.C. When Logan's daughter was born premature, the medical bills started pouring in and stayed with her for years. Then, a few months ago, she discovered a nonprofit had paid off her debt.

This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started

Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.

"I love cooking for people I love," Ina Garten says. "And the cooking is just the medium; the thing that I care about is the connection."

Ina Garten shares her secret for a great dinner party: 6 people and a round table

"I like when everybody's knees are almost touching and it feels very intimate," the Barefoot Contessa host says. Garten's new memoir is Be Ready When the Luck Happens.

After 6 months in space and a fiery return over the U.S., NASA's Crew-7 is back home

The four crewmembers spent a half-year on the International Space Station conducting dozens of experiments and science research. NASA's Crew-8 mission relieved them on the orbital outpost last week.

Kenneka Jenkins was found dead in 2017 in a kitchen freezer at a Crowne Plaza hotel outside of Chicago. Her family has now reached a settlement of a lawsuit filed in 2018.

She died in a hotel's walk-in freezer. Her family will receive more than $6 million

Kenneka Jenkins had gone to the Crowne Plaza Chicago-O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Ill., for a late-night party. Her mother quickly realized something was wrong.

Argentina's Julián Álvarez celebrates while holding Lionel Messi after scoring the team's second goal during the 2022 World Cup's Round of 16 match with Australia at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 3, in Doha, Qatar.

Photos from the 2022 FIFA World Cup's Round of 16

The 2022 World Cup's Round of 16 took place this past week, with the top half of competing countries now reduced to eight teams.

Tanks of liquid nitrogen are seen at the Foundation Food Group poultry processing plant in Gainesville, Ga. Six workers died after a freezer malfunctioned in January 2021.

6 Poultry Workers Died From A Nitrogen Leak. OSHA Has Issued $1 Million In Fines

They died when a freezer malfunctioned at the Foundation Food Group's poultry plant in Gainesville, Ga., in January. OSHA cited the company and three others for failing to ensure worker safety.

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