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María José Llergo, a new artist from the south of Spain, is giving Flamenco even more visibility via her new album. R&B themes and electronic beats flow together with flamenco in Ultrabelleza.

For many who live in rural areas, access to reliable internet services may limited or non-existent but expansions are underway.

Cornell University canceled classes to acknowledge the "extraordinary stress" its campus has been under as one of its students is accused of making violent antisemitic threats against Jewish people.

Exit polling shows the ruling Law and Justice party, which has steadily chipped away at democratic institutions, is suffering a dramatic upset.

Parents often lament having to get a new pair of winter boots for their kids every year as they grow out of their old ones. A group of Northwestern University students came up with a fix for that.

Backwoods preachers spout Bible verses while spreading mayhem and revolution in Kent Wascom's The Blood of Heaven. The novel is set in the early 1800s, when western Florida was a battleground where Americans fought Spanish and French imperialists for control.

The fictional tale about war correspondents will make you laugh till the person next to you on the subway thinks you have problems. It is also, according to writer Alexander Nazaryan, an all-too-real parody of the glory days of print journalism.

Graphic novelist Dash Shaw's latest, New School, is an enigmatic tale of brotherly disconnect, set in a strange time-themed amusement park called Clockworld. Reviewer Glen Weldon says New School is a "defiantly odd, quietly gorgeous, utterly singular book."

A British naturalist roams the pampas in search of a mythical rabbit that flies. But Cesare Aira's absurd, hilarious The Hare is no Argentine cowboy story. It's more like an episode of Star Trek — crossed with Lawrence of Arabia.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt about Israel's prime minister meeting with Elon Musk to talk about antisemitism on X, which is formerly known as Twitter.

For a third day, Hamas released hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners. Also, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in Gaza.

Fantagraphics is out with a new volume of romance comics by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Reviewer Etelka Lehoczky says they're "snicker-worthy" and "compulsively quotable."

The Counterfeit Agent, released this week, is the 8th book in Berenson's series starring tormented ex-CIA agent John Wells, who never stops battling dangers that might be on the front page of the New York Times — and who converted to Islam years before the TV series Homeland used the same plot device.

There's a presumption in the business world that everyone's straight, says John Browne, who hid his homosexuality for years. In his new book, he says it's time for a change in corporate culture.

A new collection of Dickinson's poems — written on envelopes and found after her death — opens a rare porthole into the enigmatic writer's life and art. Literally and figuratively shaped by their unusual medium, the poems in The Gorgeous Nothings invite endless interpretations.

The Rise and Fall of Great Powers — the latest from Imperfectionists author Tom Rachman — follows the travels of a young bookstore proprietor. It's a "strange" book that requires a bit of patience.

Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson declared an "unconditional war on poverty in America." It was something he knew well, says historian Robert Caro. As a boy, Johnson and his family often had little food and were "literally afraid every month that the bank might take away" their house.

Pakistan's economy needs help. New President Asif Ali Zardari went to Saudi Arabia looking for help with the crisis that is threatening his already deeply unstable nation. Pakistani officials are discussing seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

While the drama of the 1954 film hinged on the high stakes of the Pacific theater during World War II, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial involves an all-volunteer navy and no sea battles.

Harvard University's Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel Prize in economics for her research on women in the labor market. She studies the causes of the persistent pay gap between men and women.

The Justice Department laid out its case in the massive monopoly trial against Google which has been underway in Washington, D.C., for two months. Now it's Google's turn to call witnesses.

Parliamentary elections are on the horizon in Afghanistan. Nearly 3,000 candidates will vie in September for seats in the new national assembly.

The road from Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, to the Pakistani border is vital to trade and other concerns. But it's also treacherous, despite recent improvements.

Travis King, who fled to North Korea before being returned home to the United States last month, has been detained by the U.S. military, two officials said Thursday.

Many Afghans are ambivalent about the role played by the American forces and diplomats in Afghanistan. But the level of anti-Americanism encountered there depends on where you are in the country.