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Scott Walker was riding high in Iowa until Donald Trump came along. Walker appeared at the Iowa State Fair Monday, where he tried to rekindle the fire with voters, who think he's gotten boring.

Tola Rotimi Abraham's wrenching novel follows a four young children in Lagos, Nigeria, whose comfortable life is blown apart when their mother loses her job, and their father abandons them.

Rachel Eve Moulton's story about a young woman in an abandoned town in the Black Hills of South Dakota will crawl into you and give you the shudders — just let it.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery series, Good One podcast and The Kaiju Preservation Society.

Emily Suvada's debut novel — a high-tech young adult dystopia — is bursting with ideas (and exploding viruses). And while it might seem like a conventional thriller, it's got a twist to reckon with.

The Irish novelist is known for his sense of humor — but his latest, about a man abused in his youth by Catholic priests, is distressing and at times almost unbearable. It's also his best book yet.

It's been several days since Hurricane Sally hit the northern Gulf coast. Sally was less powerful than past hurricanes, but still caused a slew of damage.

Activists want the federal government to officially declare New Mexico's Gila River a "wild and scenic river."

At a hospice in Nashville, volunteers sing hymns and lullabies to the dying. They're part of a national organization that uses music to soothe life's final passage.

Two women in Ukraine are trying to stay in touch with a son and a daughter who are living in cities on the front lines of Russian attack. But too much contact, they worry, could heighten their fears.

Charles Flaum died of COVID-19 in September 2021 in Springboro, Ohio. To his granddaughter, Michelle, he was larger than life.

Sgt. Cody Wolf died in World War II on Jan. 11, 1944, when his plane was shot down. Weeks before his death, he contributed to a Christmas broadcast recorded on the front lines. His daughter, Margaret Ann Wolf Harris, heard that recording for the first time in December.

State Sen. Sandy Senn believes that legislators cannot tell a woman what is best for her own life.

Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went north, leading the Chicago Freedom Movement. Bernard Kleina and his camera were there, too — and the former priest walks NPR through his color photos.

Starting when she was 12 years old, Ruth Solorzano's stepfather sexually abused her for seven years.

A 73-year-old widow from New Hampshire got stranded in New Zealand when the pandemic hit last year. Where she's living now is handling COVID-19 very differently than the United States.

A Michigan artist is creating improvised sculptures out of merchandise inside big box stores. He wants to jolt people out of their everyday surroundings. But store workers have to clean up after him.

In the year since the pandemic caused most prisons to shut their gates to visitors, people have not been able to see their incarcerated friends and family. So, some turned to letter writing.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to Iman Vellani, the Pakistani-Canadian actress who plays Kamala Khan on "Ms. Marvel," about what the show means for representation on television.

Conflict and fear have taken its toll on freedom of speech in Ethiopia, a country that was once heralded as an African powerhouse with a bright future.

Government gravestones for veterans usually have an "emblem of belief." This can be a cross, a Jewish star or a Muslim star and crescent. It can also be a Wiccan pentacle or the hammer of Thor.

During a deadly blizzard last month in Buffalo, a group of Korean visitors were trapped outdoors. A few of them sought refuge at the home of a couple who loves Korean cuisine — so they began cooking.

About 1.6 million Floridians are enrolled in Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans.Open enrollment starts Nov. 1 and ends Dec. 15. Florida Blue offers…

About 13 million uninsured people in the U.S. are eligible for free health insurance plans. They have two weeks left to apply.

A man recently released from the Everglades immigration detention center said conditions are torturous, inhumane and a waste of taxpayer resources.