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It's safe to say that e-books disrupted the publishing industry. But sales have leveled off and not entirely for the reasons some have reported.

Renee Montagne talks to David Shulkin, under secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, about the VA's plans to fix Veterans Choice, which allows some veterans to see private doctors.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about a new "global AI safety network."

How desperate is Russian President Vladimir Putin to get a decisive win in Ukraine? NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Hanna Notte of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former TSA Administrator John Pistole about the ongoing DHS shutdown and the deployment of ICE agents to several U.S. airports.

More than 100 million people in America have medical debt. Some of those trying to help have to resort to debt buying companies. We learn how the debt buying industry works, and who wins and who loses.

The Seattle Gum Wall, the Montana Testicle Festival, and the entire state of Nevada are just a few of the non-destinations Catherine Price lists in her anti-travel guide, 101 Places Not To See Before You Die. Price takes it upon herself to go to terrible tourist destinations ... so you don't have to.

The popularity of #OkBoomer suggests there might be a yawning gap in attitudes between old and young. Those differences can sometimes play out in the workforce, which now spans five generations.

"I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!" Musk tweeted after most respondents to his Twitter poll said he should step down.

In 1970, a teenager found a handmade album in a pile of trash. Inside were 283 extraordinary drawings made on mental hospital stationery. The Electric Pencil tells the artist's story.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from the team at Hidden Brain: When Shalom Auslander was seven years old, his grandmother offered him something small that made him rethink his entire religion.

In a popular scene from Seinfeld, Jerry chastises George for wearing sweatpants out in the world. But the rise of fashionable sweats suggests maybe George was ahead of the curve.

Countries including Canada, the Netherlands and Spain say they're suspending arms sales to Israel. After an Israeli strike killed British World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, will the U.K. too?

Publisher after publisher rejected the memoir before Doubleday took a chance in 1997. At its core, the book is about the power of relationship and focusing on others.

U.S. support for Ukraine's war against Russia is fast eroding. Ukraine's Volodymr Zelenskyy visited Washington today to make a last-ditch push for more U.S. weapons and aid.

Jeremy Michael Brown, of Tampa, and Daniel Charles Ball, of Homosassa, remain jailed. Several people recently gathered in downtown Tampa to rally in support of Brown.

The pianist's massive technique makes short order of Rachmaninov's most difficult concerto.

In a defeat for medical providers, a divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Allstate Insurance Company in a dispute about fees paid to...

Student-teacher ratios at K12, the nation’s largest online educator, are nearly twice as high as Florida’s state-run virtual school, according to internal company documents obtained by the Florida Center for

From a spoof of Kanye West's "Bound 2" (called "Hardcover Bound 2") to click-bait classic novel titles, millennials are proving that smart content and Internet frippery aren't mutually exclusive.

A new book traces the transatlantic cheese wars that led to the rise of factory cheeses and loss of traditional varietals, and looks at the farmhouse cheesemakers working to restore that lost legacy.

The former governor of New Jersey — and onetime Trump ally — announced the end of his campaign Wednesday, just days before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.

A trailblazer of gender pay equity, Lilly Ledbetter has died. Her legal fight against a former employer brought attention to the issue, and paved the way for the Fair Pay Act of 2009.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with state Sen. Melissa Hurtado of the California Legislature about her district's struggle with widespread drought and water shortages.

Don Gonyea speaks with James Grossman of the American Historical Association about former President Donald Trump's handling of presidential records.