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It's been 30 years since one book elevated Savannah, Ga., to a literary tourist destination. We check in on the impact of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Prices of new textbooks have been going up like crazy — faster than food, cars, even healthcare. On today's show: Why textbooks have gotten so expensive.

An Airbnb tourism offering lets visitors dress up and even fight like ancient Roman gladiators at the Coliseum. Some Roman politicians don't approve.

A restaurant in St. Louis has been getting attention online for a unique rule: nobody under the age of 30 is allowed in. Is this an effective marketing strategy?

The permits could cost hundreds of dollars if there is an intent to make money off the videos. Social media content creators worry the National Park Service is turning out the lights on their growing industry.

The Spanish singer Rosalía talks about her new album 'Lux,' a head-spinning, epic album that features classical music, opera and the artist singing in 13 languages.

The film is a satire based on Percival Everett's novel Erasure. It's about a Black author whose editors want him to write clichéd stories of Black life — that rang true to director Cord Jefferson.

All four of the playwright's grandparents died in the Holocaust, but Stoppard only learned he was Jewish in middle age. Now, at 85, he engages with his family history in the play Leopoldstadt.

Canada accounts for about 60% of U.S. crude oil imports. If Trump's tariffs end up applying to that oil, that would likely cause gas prices to rise in the U.S., Canada's ambassador warns.

California offers a lens on the challenges officials face in persuading parents to embrace the shots. While the state has a strong showing in overall vaccination rates, just 59% of kids 12 to 17 are fully vaccinated.

The veteran journalist was shocked by the tactics White House staff use to circumvent Trump: "I've never heard in any way of staff going around a president this way." Woodward's new book is Fear.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff what he plans to ask Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche at his confirmation hearing.

Hodgman says, "The biggest privilege of white privilege is the ability to turn off race and pretend that it is not an issue." His new book is called Vacationland.

CNN+ is part of a larger trend as cable and broadcast outlets turn to streaming to retain audiences. What does this mean for the future of cable news?

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers share stories of the loved ones they've lost.

Oscar, Emmy and Tony winning actress Maggie Smith, who played everything from ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's Prof. McGonagall and the dowager countess in Downton Abbey, has died at 89.

Child care centers will stop receiving federal pandemic grants this weekend. Providers pledge to keep pay steady. Tuition? Probably not.

Voters in a Colorado congressional district discuss the political divisions they see at home and around the country during a crucial election year.

Olympic organizers are defending the participation of two boxers who failed a gender eligibility test last year. Here's what to know about the key players, conservative outcry and official response.

NPR Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, about the full FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and what it means for fighting the pandemic.

What does it mean to be "half"? Twenty-five years since its initial launch, photographer Kip Fulbeck revisits his exhibition called "The Hapa Project," an intimate look at mixed-race America.

When commentator Gigi Douban was taking her kids to school on a recent morning, a man in a white truck stopped beside her. He was listening to sermons in Arabic and she immediately thought "truck bomb." Douban, who is of Egyptian descent, says her mother listened to similar sermons on a tape player all the time.

The president of France is holding a public celebration to mark the adoption this week of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights.

Musk's lawyers say OpenAI leaders "stole a charity" and Musk warns about the potential dangers of AI: "We don't want to have a Terminator outcome."

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with singer Ledisi about her new album "The Crown."