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Senator Mark Warner says video of the Caribbean attack reveals survivors still on the wreck when the second strike came.

The modern shopping cart — as we know it — didn't always exist, which meant it had to be invented. The How Curious podcast explores the history of the shopping cart.

The house Alan Moore was born in was torn down in 1969 — along with most of the rest of his neighborhood. But in his new novel, Jerusalem, the legendary comics creator brings it all back to life.

The Planet Money team looks into the recent financial troubles at First Republic Bank and examines what has helped it stay afloat.

Lauren Groff's new novel, Arcadia, follows the story of Bit, the first baby born to a Utopian commune, as he grows to adulthood and the commune gradually falls apart. Groff says she was skeptical about communes at first, but her views changed as she wrote.

Jonathan Evison's West of Here explores the nature of the frontier. Lynn Neary speaks to the writer about the Pacific Northwest, a fictional town ravaged by development and the hope for the American wilderness.

Gish Jen weaves baseball into her inspired vision of how Americans bought into the fantasy of less stress and more free time. As speculative fiction goes, The Resisters hits close to the bone.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Sara Bode, pediatrician and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, about sending students back to school this fall.

Poet Tahir Hamut Izgil left the Chinese region of Xinjiang amid a government crackdown on the Uyghur people. He writes about that in his book, Waiting to be Arrested at Night.

The celebrated Canadian author has a new book out, The Heart Goes Last, that began as an experimental digital serial. It's a wacky dystopian satire on economic decline and the private prison industry.

Grace Go, a 17-year-old rising senior at Mercer Island High School outside Seattle, is the winner of the first-ever Best Mental Health Podcast Prize from NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

Elizabeth McCracken's new memoir, An Exact Replica Of A Figment Of My Imagination, details the devastating loss of the author's stillborn baby. Maureen Corrigan offers a review.

Iran's president gets all his cabinet members. Putin inspects troops in Chechnya.

Israel signals it may invade Lebanon. Russia makes fresh nuclear threats.

The role is significant, unique, and it's always evolving.

Studies show that being adopted is beneficial for children in vulnerable situations, like abuse or neglect.

How long do leftovers really last? Why does coke taste so much better at a restaurant?

Washington's faith in Israel wanes. China's stocks fall.

Israeli bombardment continue in southern Rafah. A historic vote in South Africa. North Korea launches balloons filled with trash.

A new book explores the lasting cultural impact of the film and album.

Bolivia in crisis. Kenyans protest fiscal bill. Fears of war between Israel and Lebanon grow.

What does our common depiction of a midlife crisis get wrong and who gets left behind by this narrative?

The gender gap in terms of American voters' candidate preference has never been wider.

Emo music has largely flown under the radar, but with a new exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame focusing on one of its founding labels, it's time for another look.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jonah Goldberg, editor of The Dispatch, about former Vice President Dick Cheney who died Monday at 84.