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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly bombing that killed at least five people near the foreign ministry in the Afghan capital the previous day.

Artificial intelligence is helping people with the hardest parts of dating. New apps can create dating profiles to help someone find the perfect match.

There's anxiety in Hong Kong over things appearing from mainland China. But the continued presence of things not found on the mainland shows there's still a gap between this and other Chinese cities.

The first episode of a documentary series premieres Wednesday as part of the biennial FotoFocus exhibitions.

Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding was coming for parts of the South and Midwest. Areas are already waterlogged by days of severe storms that also spawned some deadly tornadoes.

COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective but don't always provide perfect protection. Some vaccinated people later exposed to the virus still get sick. Why and how often that happens is under study.

Outside of prison, people on suicide watch are constantly monitored by a mental health professional in a hospital or treatment center. But in prisons in Indiana and several other states, it doesn’t work that way. The person watching an inmate on suicide watch isn’t always a trained professional or even a guard. Instead, it’s often another incarcerated individual, known as a suicide companion.

Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered wildly unethical today in an effort to shore up the war effort.

Video games are dominated by action-packed visuals, yet, there are visually impaired people all over the world playing them, ranging from the totally blind to the color blind. Now, gaming companies are working to make games more accessible.

NPR's A Martinez talks to David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee, about the driving forces that led to 108.4 million people being displaced globally — the largest number since WWII.