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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo grew up in a burned-out New York mill town, with a gallant, but neurotic, single mom. In his new memoir, he writes that, for better or worse, he and his mother were always close — even when that meant moving away to college together.

The singer describes skiffle as "a bunch of British school boys in the mid '50s playing Lead Belly's repertoire ... on acoustic guitars." Bragg's new book is Roots, Radicals And Rockers.

The former University of Florida professor honored Florida's rural climate in her novels.

Rumors of the impending demise of NECCO have sparked a renewed interest in the company's products — especially its famous, eponymous, chalky wafers that some people love to hate.

Mexico makes history with its first female president. How an extra $30 a month kept a cancer patient from qualifying for Medicaid.

President Biden has called on states and localities to offer $100 to people who get vaccinated. Many states have already offered cash incentives, with varying results.

When America's systems of mass transit hurt, so do the frontline workers keeping the country running.

Spring is in the air--and so are graduation caps.The Spring 2019 graduates from the University of South Florida will make their mark as the largest…

The World Health Organization hoped to have a treaty ready for ratification at its assembly next week. On Friday, WHO leader Tedros said negotiators couldn't resolve all the sticking points in time.

NPR's Juana Summers recaps a recent reporting trip to South Africa and Mozambique focused on the current state of AIDS treatment in light of U.S. foreign aid changes.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting closer to deciding whether to approve the bill (HB 629), which passed the House and Senate in early May.

A retired U.S. doc and a Mexican engineer co-founded a nonprofit group that is providing wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs at an affordable price.

Pumpkin pie prices are way up this year but turkeys are a relative bargain. A lot of Americans will be giving thanks this holiday for lower inflation at the supermarket.

President Trump's war on DEI has gone far beyond the federal government. A nonprofit in Chicago dedicated to promoting equity by bringing women into the skilled trades is fighting for its existence.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Republican strategist Scott Jennings about the challenge to House Speaker Mike Johnson from GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.

Some who have received the vaccine say it was an emotional experience. The feeling is similar for others who've survived previous epidemics ended by medical advancement.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Tim Reid, an actor and filmmaker, to remember his friend, the late actor Richard Roundtree.

Florida is expecting a budget surplus this year. Legislative leaders have suggested that money should be earmarked for education or handed back to...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keri Blakinger, author of the new memoir Corrections In Ink, which is about her path from Olympic figure skating dreams, to drug addiction, and then to prison.

A survivor of the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that took place two weeks ago is now at a refugee camp. Her lungs are failing and her children's future is in doubt.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Te-Ping Chen about her short story collection: Land of Big Numbers. It features people in China trying to live their lives in the shadow of an overpowering state.

Born in Texas in 1918 and raised in California, Jessie Mae Robinson's songs have been recorded by hundreds of artists, from Louis Jordan to Lana Del Ray.

Some Republicans in Congress say want to revive high-risk pools to cover sick people. But people who have been in those pools and states who funded them say the costs were exorbitant.

Davis led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Britain's Glyndebourne Festival, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.