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In her new book, The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things, author Paula Byrne shows how everyday objects helped shape Austen's life and literature. One example, a topaz cross, a cherished gift to Austen from her brother, plays an important role in Mansfield Park.

A serial killer is on the loose in Norway, leaving his victims with mysterious, star-shaped, red marks on their bodies. It's up to hard-drinking, crime-fighting detective Harry Hole to track down the murderer in novelist Jo Nesbo's Scandinavian thriller.

Dr. Barry Lester runs what may be the nation's only colic clinic, located in Providence, R.I. He says parents need much more help than they typically get as they deal with colicky babies.

Haley is the only major candidate left facing former President Donald Trump. Even though she has her best polling numbers in N.H., which votes Tuesday, the rest of the calendar is an uphill battle.

Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to repair not just the physical bookstore but the community around it as well.

Magnus Carlsen, the No. 1 ranked chess player, quit the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York on Friday after refusing to change out of jeans to conform to a strict dress code.

In South Africa, a nonprofit organization is rebooting a popular soap opera that once dramatized and educated viewers about HIV and AIDS. It's only part of their feminist mission.

"There's now the expectation that to be a good parent in this country you have to have your eyes on your children every second," says author Kim Brooks — and that's stressful for adults and kids.

Three months after Nicolás Maduro's capture, Venezuelans are daring to hope again — even as the hardest part may still lie ahead.

The company says it hopes to help Black and Latino borrowers buy houses and build wealth with its new pilot program. Experts say it's a start, but doesn't go far enough.

Advocates praised lawmakers' decision to beef up funding for the program, which helps developmentally disabled people select needed services, but worry about a shortage of providers unless there are pay increases, which wasn't part of the budget proposal.

Israel has recently attacked locations far from the fighting, killing in total almost 200 displaced Lebanese people. NPR went to the site of one of those attacks.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, nominated to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will sell shares in Eli Lilly and UnitedHealth. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, NIH nominee, will shed stock in Walmart and Nvidia.

Sonya Mallard’s sense of home in Florida deepened in 2013 when she discovered the Moore Cultural Complex in Mims near Titusville, where she became the cultural coordinator.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Jason Reynolds talks about the realities of caregiving for his aging mom.

Kenny Bontz was diagnosed with diabetes as a child and chose to have his leg amputated, will be competing for Team USA at the ISPS Handa All-Abilities Competition this weekend.

Record rains in southern Brazil due to climate change have many officials thinking about relocating towns. That would be hard for many who don't want to leave despite inevitable reoccurring floods.

At a Tennessee summer camp, children who stutter find acceptance and build confidence in their communication skills. Its purpose isn't to get rid of their stutters, but let them be themselves.

Former Tampa Bay Rays player Sean Rodriguez founded R3 Athletics, which is a youth baseball league and opened The Yard in April.

How many times can communities flood from severe weather before a lasting solution arrives? Local leaders are spending millions of dollars on flood mitigation based on historical storm data, but that data may not provide the needed protection moving forward.

Perry Chen of San Diego is making a name for himself as a film critic with his Web site, PerrysPreviews.com. The precocious youngster tells Liane Hansen what he looks for when reviewing a movie.

In Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward recalls the deaths of five young men in her life, which she believes were all connected to being poor and black in the rural South. "It made me feel that I wasn't promised some long life. ... That's not a given for me."

High fuel prices are affecting many people, including some dairy farmers. That's the case in part of Wisconsin where a competitive U.S. House district race could help decide control of Congress.

A North Korean company claims to have invented an iPad. It's called the "Ryonghung iPad." It's a trademark violation but that hasn't stopped the country before.

Today marks one month since Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 1,400 and taking more than 200 hostages. The Supreme Court hears arguments in a gun rights and domestic violence case.