‘We’re not just voting. We’re also running.’ David Hogg launches young candidate PAC Young voters are growing as a dominant portion of the electorate. At the same time, more are becoming eligible to launch their own bids for office. Now, a new PAC wants to help them run — and win. Read more on NPR

How one Afghan family made the perilous journey across the U.S.-Mexico border Kabul fell to the Taliban close to two years ago, but desperate Afghans continue to flee, even taking the dangerous route into the U.S. across the Mexican border. Here’s the story of one such family. Read more on NPR

A boy on the autism spectrum struggled with a haircut. His barber saved the day Getting haircuts was one of Jackson’s biggest fears. But one barber’s patience and creativity made the ordeal something he now looks forward to. Read more on NPR

When a brain injury impairs memory, a pulse of electricity may help A severe traumatic brain injury can make it hard to remember recent events or conversations. But a form of brain stimulation appears to ease this memory deficit. Read more on NPR

A former Fox executive now argues Murdoch is unfit to own TV stations Preston Padden helped Rupert Murdoch launch the Fox broadcast network in the 1990s. Now he argues Murdoch has proved unfit to hold the license for a Philadelphia station. Read more on NPR

How a trial in Texas changed the story of abortion rights in America Wrenching testimony from women denied abortion care turned the focus toward the suffering and health risks faced by mothers. Read more on NPR

Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it’s not the migrants We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories. Read more on NPR

Wildfires across Hawaii burn homes, spurring evacuations and an emergency declaration The National Weather Service said Hurricane Dora, passing to the south of the island chain, was partly to blame for gusts that knocked out power, rattled homes and grounded firefighting helicopters. Read more on NPR