With “green on blue” attacks by Afghans in uniform increasingly in the news, Americans officials are being asked whether the people of Afghanistan are turning against the coalition troops that have been in the Central Asian nation since late 2001. Corporal David R. Hernandez/3rd Battalion 5th Marines-RCT 2 U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Company I,

Enlarge Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan campaigns with his mother, Betty Ryan Douglas, on Saturday in The Villages, Fla. The Mitt Romney campaign has created an ad from the event. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan campaigns with his mother, Betty Ryan Douglas, on Saturday in The Villages, Fla. The

Enlarge A. Kalus/CDC Along with a tattoo, this person got an infection. A. Kalus/CDC Along with a tattoo, this person got an infection. If you’re going to take a walk on the wild side and get a tattoo, it could get even wilder than you planned. Federal and state health investigators have identified five clusters

Enlarge Justin Sullivan/Getty Images More of these sorts of signs are popping up (November 2011 file photo from San Rafael, Calif.). Justin Sullivan/Getty Images More of these sorts of signs are popping up (November 2011 file photo from San Rafael, Calif.). A 2.3 percent increase in sales of previously owned homes in July from June

More Latino students are enrolling in college now than ever before, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center. But Latinos still lag behind other groups in preparing for and completing college. Guest host Viviana Hurtado discusses the report’s findings with Richard Fry of the Pew Hispanic Center and the College Board’s Jim Montoya.

Enlarge Paul Sakuma/AP Emilie Weideman and her father, Marc Weideman, of Fremont, Calif., use FaceTime after purchasing the new device in June 2010. Paul Sakuma/AP Emilie Weideman and her father, Marc Weideman, of Fremont, Calif., use FaceTime after purchasing the new device in June 2010. ATT is on the defensive today, saying that its decision

Enlarge Christi Barli /AFP/Getty Images Diana Nyad in the Florida Straits on Monday. Christi Barli /AFP/Getty Images Diana Nyad in the Florida Straits on Monday. Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has ended her third attempt to swim the 100 miles or so from Cuba to Key West, Florida, her official Twitter page says. That word followed

An aircraft that had been set to fly Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey out of Afghanistan today was damaged by shrapnel from rockets fired at the Bagram air field north of Kabul from outside its fences. Two maintenance workers on the ground were slightly wounded, NPR’s Tom Bowman reports. Dempsey was not

Enlarge Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Rosie O’Donnell in July 2011. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Rosie O’Donnell in July 2011. Rosie O’Donnell has chosen an unusual way to tell her fans that she suffered a heart attack last week: In verse. On her blog. And she’s using the experience to urge other women to “listen to

Pelle Sten/Flickr Submitting a DNA sample to social networking company 23andMe entails spitting a saliva sample into a tube like this and sending it in. There’s a growing interest in what our genes say about our health. And in recent years, quite a few companies have sprung up to help us listen with the help

John W. Poole/NPR Joan Kaeding is a reference assistant at the Oshkosh Public Library. NPR talked to her at New Moon Cafe in downtown Oshkosh. She says she’s fielding lots of questions at the library about the new health care law. As the presidential election nears, Morning Edition is visiting swing counties in swing states

The U.S. military’s top general was meeting with senior officials in Afghanistan on Monday to attempt to stop the recent wave of attacks by Afghan soldiers and police against international forces in the country. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, landed at Bagram Air Field outside Kabul earlier in