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Dr. Henry Marsh felt comfortable in hospitals — until he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. "I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," he says. His book is And Finally.

A string of insults aimed at a woman who works at a towing company were recorded by a surveillance camera. Now they've come back to sting sports reporter Britt McHenry.

Syed Farook, 28, an American citizen, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, who were in a relationship, are believed to have been the only attackers at a holiday party for Farook's co-workers.

Japanese automaker Toyota on Wednesday announced its January to March profits quadrupled over last year to $1.5 billion. The company struggled with production after last year's earthquake and tsunami caused huge delays at its factories. With production back to normal, Toyota expects this to be its most profitable year since before the global financial crisis.

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In Saturday Night Live writer Simon Rich's latest novel, What in God's Name, God plans to do away with people so he can focus on opening a restaurant in heaven. An angel makes him a bet that if he can bring two shy, lovelorn humans together, God must spare humanity.

The New Zealand-born author Adam Christopher has a fascination for America — his latest, Hang Wire, is a decade-jumping, character-crisscrossing urban fantasy set in San Francisco. Reviewer Jason Heller says that with Hang Wire, his fourth novel, Christopher has mastered "geek-centric weirdness and galloping, whiz-bang pace."

Over 23,000 neuroscientists gathered in San Diego last week to hear the latest discoveries on how the brain works.

Karen Hollis, of San Diego, Calif., has chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She shares what it's been like living through the pandemic with a weakened immune system.

Around one in five voters in the battleground state of Nevada are Latino. Polls suggest former President Donald Trump has stronger Latino support than previous Republican campaigns.

Fresh statistics on building permits and builder sentiment show a challenging environment for home builders and indicate fewer homes will be built in the U.S.

The starting pitching staff of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been on a tear this postseason -- allowing few hits and being truly dominant. Which is good, because the L.A. bullpen has struggled.

Some state and local governments have started tapping in to opioid settlement funds for law enforcement expenses. Many argue it should go toward treating addiction instead.

Dorie Greenspan calls herself the "baking evangelist." In her new cookbook, Baking: From My Home to Yours, she shares easy Thanksgiving recipes: sweet-potato biscuits, all-in-one holiday bundt cake and pumpkin marshmallows.

Sometimes authors' best works are their first. The tale of an imaginary universe where elevators are really important and the story of the first giraffe in Europe are among librarian Nancy Pearl's selections of must-read literary debuts.

The omicron variant hasn't slowed in the U.S. A poll shows Americans are deeply pessimistic about the future of democracy. The Capitol Police chief is to testify before a Senate panel this week.

Bernie Sanders won sweeping victories Saturday, and more are sure to come over the next couple of months. Can he win the nomination? And is that what really even matters?

With neither Democratic candidate expected to win enough pledged delegates to clinch the Democratic Party nomination, the votes of the superdelegates — elected officials and party activists who are not bound to any candidate by primary vote — are crucial.

Before old mill dams are demolished in the North Carolina mountains, a search and rescue operation begins for the country's largest salamanders.

The album --- “The Tortured Poets Department" -- has now spent 15 weeks at No. 1. Swift’s hold on the top spot is as much about marketing magic as it is music.

A controversial abortion bill passed its first Senate committee Tuesday, despite much opposition.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Spencer Cox, Republican governor of Utah, about his new book, Off Ramp, and his vision for peacemaking.

We look at the role polling has played during the election season — especially since there have been fewer polls this time around.

A forthcoming book traces the lost history of a musical genre too good to be true: funerary violin. Despite questions about the authenticity of the material, the book's U.S. publisher says it's an "amazing piece of work."

President Obama announced an executive action on immigration this week. For an in-depth look at the issue, author Gustavo Arellano recommends two nonfiction collections about Mexican immigrants.