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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

After fourteen years with the county’s election office, including over eight years as director, Rae Hunter-Havens announced her retirement last night. While Hunter-Havens’ departure was abrupt, citing personal health reasons, she will provide consulting services through next year’s primary. Her departure comes after several clashes between the elections office and the county government.

Air traffic controllers are facing a staffing shortage and the government shutdown is making it worse. And, former FBI Director James Comey appears in court today to face felony charges.

Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, has a plan for how to avoid shutdown showdown negotiations, but it wouldn't be popular with Congress' "uniparty," he told NPR.

The government shutdown is entering its second week, and there's no end in sight as both parties continue to refuse to give in to the other's demands.

The campaign bad-mouthed FEMA while using crowdfunding to donate to evangelical nonprofits.

From capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or sucking water out of dry desert air, the trio's new form of molecular architecture can absorb and contain gases inside metal organic frameworks.

School-based telehealth services are becoming increasingly widespread — a movement fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the final installment of a three-part series exploring chronic absenteeism in the region, WFDD’s Amy Diaz visits a Guilford County school where officials say telehealth is making a difference.

Photographer Katie Currid captured fans attending Chappell Roan's tour stop in Kansas City. The Missouri native said bringing joy to the Midwest's queer community is deeply meaningful to her.

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's crew famously survived after the Endurance became stuck in ice in 1915. A researcher says the ship was ill-equipped for the voyage and Shackleton was aware.