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Anna Pitoniak's novel follows Evan and Julia, newly-minted Yale graduates trying — and finding it difficult — to make new lives for themselves in New York City on the eve of the crash of 2008.

Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a "vast wasteland," died on Saturday.

The former presidential candidate's latest book is just what you might expect from this genre: His platforms are presented but not interrogated — and there is little self-reflection.

Elizabeth Price's son Hisham Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot on Saturday in Vermont. Speaking to NPR from Ramallah, Price fears her son "is confronting a life of disability."

Growing up in 1960s Nebraska, Linda Hernandez and her sister were among the few Latino students in town. When it was time to take the SAT, their guidance counselor told them not to bother. She told them that "all we would do is have babies," Linda says.

New York City announced reforms this week following the death of a 7-year-old girl allegedly killed by her stepfather. Some experts are voicing concerns about the city's emphasis on keeping families together. Cindy Rodriguez of member station WNYC reports.

Israel's Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigns from his post in protest of Israel's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appointed Vice Premier Ehud Olmert to replace Netanyahu.

The National Football League has a diversity problem, which it acknowledged this week. Team owners announced new hiring rules to increase numbers of women and people of color in their organizations.

Esteban Castillo's latest cookbook is Chicano Bakes, a celebration of his favorite traditional recipes from la panadería, or bakery.

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain spoke before the American Legion national convention Tuesday in Phoenix. It was a friendly audience for the one-time prisoner of war in Vietnam. McCain attacked Barack Obama's foreign policy, and vowed to protect and improve health care for veterans.

Nearly three dozen endangered sea turtles were released into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Georgia. They had come from northern states where they'd been stunned by cold waters.

The legislature is gearing up for its annual session next month and its bill drafting system is hobbled. It's forcing lawmakers to change how they do business.

Politicians, celebrities and thousands of mourners honored civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks Monday at a memorial service in Washington, D.C. Her remains lay in honor in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol over the weekend, a first for a woman.

New fines were issued Wednesday by the Federal Communications Commission. The fines are aimed toward indecent programming on broadcast television.

A federal judge has ordered the FBI to find and turn over unedited documents in the Oklahoma City bombing case. A Salt Lake City lawyer wants those papers because he says they could shed light on the death of his brother in a federal prison -- and because they could link bomber Timothy McVeigh to a white supremacist gang of bank robbers.

Super Bowl XL falls somewhere between brilliant and bland on the 40-year timeline of title games. The Pittsburgh Steelers and star Jerome Bettis are popular winners, but play was erratic and the referees loomed a bit too large.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says Congress gave President Bush broad powers to conduct war after the 2001 terror attacks. Gonzales tied that congressional resolution to the president's warrant-free authorization of wiretaps of U.S. citizens by the National Security Agency over the past three years.

A Black cemetery in Florida is struggling. Much of it is in disrepair, and it's one of many Black cemeteries in need of preservation.

Minnesota and Wisconsin are in contention. Minnesota is well known for being the 'Land of 10,000 Lakes.' Wisconsin is saying it has more.

NPR's science podcast Short Wave brings us stories on food fortification, why some people don't seem to get the flu, and a study on how much vigorous exercise you really need.

WUSF is amplifying the voices in our community speaking out about racial justice.It's now week three of nationwide demonstrations since the killing of…

Several feet of seawater flowed into businesses along Tarpon Springs' famed sponge docks in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The cleanup was going strong the day after the storm surge.

This week, San Francisco re-opened its restored Ferry Building, the landmark that symbolized the city before the Golden Gate Bridge was built. NPR's John McChesney reports on the renovated building for All Things Considered. See a photo gallery of the Ferry Building and its famed clock tower.

In delivering the the National Endowment for the Humanities' Jefferson Lecture, author Tom Wolfe argued that the evolution of mankind was forever altered when it harnessed the power of speech.

Fossils found in northern China show that some of the first birds on Earth lived on the water. The exquisitely preserved fossils, resembling modern ducks or loons, lived 110 million years ago, when many forms of today' animals started to take shape.