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Sandhya Menon's new young adult novel follows aspiring filmmaker Twinkle Mehta, who addresses her diary entries to female directors like Mira Nair and Ava DuVernay and longs to change lives with film.

The second volume in Mike Wallace's Pulitzer-winning history of New York City weighs in at over six pounds — and every ounce is packed with fascinating detail about the city that never sleeps.

Cosplay has been a fixture of the Comic-Con world for more than a decade. Should our pets be embracing the geekery, too?

Pete Van Vleet is a devoted Houston Astros fan. His daughter loves the Detroit Tigers. To help his infant son pick a team, he asked all 30 of them, "Why should my son choose you to be a fan?"

An Instagram post claimed that Miami-Dade County banned Gorman’s poem from elementary schools. PolitiFact and WLRN found there was no countywide effort to remove this poem.

Can a murderer ever be redeemed? That's the question journalist Nancy Mullane takes on in her new book, Life After Murder. Over the past few years, Mullane has made dozens of trips to California's San Quentin prison to interview men locked up for committing heinous crimes.

Carlos Giménez's graphic novel Paracuellos is an unflinching memoir of his time in the orphanages of Franco's Spain; it makes the experiences of a few boys in the 1950s inescapably universal.

Robert McCloskey was a young artist when he brought a crate of ducks back to his studio apartment. Since then, the plucky Mallard family (Jack, Lack, Mack, et al.) has charmed its way into our hearts.

The Psychopath Test is a fascinating look into the minds of the deranged, but author Carol Rifka Brunt says she read it not to understand the psychology of madness, but to prove she wasn't mad herself. When have you compared yourself to books or characters in them? Tell us in the comments.

The killing of Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro city council member and civil society activist who protested police violence, is being met by a huge wave of anger and indignation.

Lawmakers heard a presentation that reported the shortage could affect ’ access to health care if current trends persist, as the supply of physicians could meet only 77% of the projected demand by 2035.

Depending on the size of the subsidy they got, some will get a bigger refund than expected and others will owe taxes.

Many people are racking their brains to find a Mother's Day gift. But a group of women wrote about gifts their mothers gave them. Their essays are part of the book What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most. Host Michel Martin speaks with the editor and a contributor.

Some people are finding pharmacies still don't have supply of the shots, and others are having insurance coverage troubles. Here's what's going on.

Synagogues in the U.S. have considerable security compared to many other houses of worship. The Hamas attacks have congregations refocused on the safety of worshipers.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, amid signs of easing inflation. The central bank signaled that its benchmark borrowing rate may start to fall next year.

Tim is a Special Olympian who until recently had lived with our parents. My mom and I were collaborating to get him excited about relocating to my home, when Toby announced a concert near there.

The CDC said Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September — if at least four months has passed since their last shot.

The residents of a bucolic woodland community face off against a developer with big plans for the land in a film that will leave you rapt — and profoundly unnerved.

Donald Trump falsely questioned Kamala Harris' racial identity Wednesday, saying that in the past she only promoted her Indian heritage until, he said, "she happened to turn Black."

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The shows Three Women and Empire, the movie Girls Will Be Girls, and the book Family Style.

The Labor Department has issued its monthly jobs report. In these hyper-partisan times, even seemingly objective facts about the economy are viewed through the lens of party politics.

The Philippines president brags about killing drug dealers and is praised by President Trump. Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations tells NPR's Scott Simon that Trump's approach is wrong.

An initial round of voting June 28 saw no candidate get over 50% of the vote, forcing the runoff. The candidates are running to replace the late president, who was killed in a helicopter crash.

More than 4,000 teaching positions need to be filled across Florida. In the greater Tampa Bay region, there's about 880 vacancies.