The Taliban has run Kabul , Afghanistan , since 2021 .

The Taliban did not want us to get a camera in Kabul and then into other hands.

It took brave women to smuggle the equipment in.

Reba McEntire is on Fridays , NBC , 8 p.m. ET .

The Texas State Board of Education is set to vote on an elementary school curriculum that includes Christian teachings and biblical references.

The board will officially vote on the curriculum on Friday .

The curriculum includes lessons on the Bible accounts of Jesus ’ parables of “ The Good Samaritan ” and the “Golden Rule” Opponents of the curriculum argued that it could be viewed as political or as setting up a “state religion”.

A new podcast episode in the series “ Generation Barney ,” takes a look at the history of the popular cartoon from the 1990s .

The show debuted in 1992 and was extremely popular with young children of that generation.

Bob West , the original voice actor for Barney , recalled getting death threats for playing the character.

The alleged kiss made headlines last week in anticipation of the action drama’s debut on November 22 .

It was mentioned during an interview Washington did for the publication Gayety in response to the question, “How gay is the Roman empire?” “I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out, they cut it, I think they got chicken,” Washington said.

Jon M Chu’s Wicked , or Wicked Part 1 at least, arrives some two decades after the popular stage show opened on Broadway in 2003 .

It imagines the Wicked Witch of the West 's origins, and asks if she earned her name.

Ariana Grande's Glinda the Good Witch is likeable but less distinctive than Kristin Chenoweth was in the original Broadway show.

Chu’s Wicked doesn’t draw from the Golden Age Hollywood musical tradition.

His fast-paced editing borrows from the world of music videos and hip-hop.

The irresistible Dancing Through Life ’ is performed in a spinning circular vault.

Bailey 's swagger channels Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing.

Jordan B. Peterson’s new book “ We Who Wrestle With God: Perceptions Of The Divine ,” will be published on November 19, 2024 .

Peterson : We most profoundly wish to meet, and if possible, the hero, for example (another guise) We want to take on the mien not just the king, master of his domain, but of the king of kings.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto . From 1993 to 1998 he served as assistant and then associate professor of psychology at Harvard . He is the international bestselling author of “ Maps of Meaning ,” “ 12 Rules For Life,” and “ Beyond Order .” You can now listen to or watch his popular lectures on DailyWire+. Be sure to order his newest book, “ We Who Wrestle with God” ( Portfolio/Penguin . November 19, 2024 .).

Band Aid's 40th-anniversary version of Do They Know It’s Christmas ? features a mashup of previous versions into a new “ultimate mix” The BBC plans to “mark the 40th anniversary of Band Aid with a documentary with a complete documentary that has never been broadcast”.

Instead of a serious conversation about reparations or a Marshall plan for Africa , we get super dehumanising adverts seeking 50p a month and a well-timed national singalong that we trot out at the exact moment we should be speaking about economic justice and repair.

Fuse ODG, Ed Sheeran , and other critics: they’re on to something. If people want to take a view of how to make this a fairer world, I applaud that. But we need long-term solutions.

ProPublica 's photo essay gave a glimpse into the experience of Flint , Michigan , residents.

The project is a photo essay of three residents and how their present-day concerns, fears and decisions are shaped by the water crisis.

Here are suggestions for aspiring visual storytellers who may find themselves in similar situations.

The beauty of visual storytelling is that the story can always change, the writer says.

The city has introduced me to people who care deeply about their community and embrace one another with generosity, care and compassion.

I learned about a host of local programs, from the Flint Rx Kids program that provides financial support for mothers to the McKenzie Patrice Croom Flint Community Water Lab, which trains youth to give back and provides free water testing.

The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a retelling of a short piece of the same title that Haruki Murakami wrote as a fledgling author.

The novel is primarily a novel about selfhood, how we construct it and maintain it, often at the expense of our own happiness and the welfare of others.

The City and Its Uncertain Walls’’ three parts takes up the middle and longest of the novel’s three parts.

Unlike Murakami 's other works, its approach is leisurely, textured, and much less plot-driven.

The novel's denouement asks: What is the walled town? A prison or utopia? Life or death? The past or the future?.

Ezra, 20 , craves a life of meaning, community, and love.

He's struggling to find those things in a world that seems increasingly uncertain and discouraging for young people.

Andrew McPeak tackles Ezra 's big questions and explains how Gen Z can make life more meaningful.