Dispatch from Kabul: Life after the Taliban takeover

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<p>Kabul&rsquo;s airport is in chaos as Afghans who helped U.S. forces try to get out. An <a href="https://apple.news/AfT0jPTTCSqiATcFIdeMK_Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Al Jazeera</a> journalist describes what life is like in the city now.</p> <p>An <a href="https://apple.news/ARLNhWdSWSsedLyhkGZ5rkw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC News</a> investigation looks at how international scammers used stolen identities to dupe state unemployment agencies in the U.S. into giving them billions of dollars in COVID benefits.</p> <p>Black women are nearly four times more likely than white women to die during childbirth. The <a href="https://apple.news/AEqhtzJvJTyOK0oWgVK0dWQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">L.A. Times</a> brings us the story of a Black-owned birthing center in Los Angeles that aims to provide specialized care.</p> <p>Researchers studying the daddy longlegs sequenced the arachnid&rsquo;s genome to learn more about its unique body. <a href="https://apple.news/A17tKtMhbTQSqOdL-7U8FNA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> reports on how they were able to create a &ldquo;daddy shortlegs.&rdquo;</p>