In Meg Medina's new novel, a young girl becomes a sea ghost and must learn to find meaning in the afterlife. She talks to NPR's Scott Simon about "Graciela in the Abyss." ...

On "Winged Victory", songwriter Willi Carlisle weaves between the absurd and the sentimental. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlisle about the 11 tracks of originals and covers.

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Budapest Pride event has been banned by Viktor Orban's government. But NPR's Rob Schmitz tells Scott Simon it's going ahead anyway.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers the astonishing career of former White House press secretary and long-time public broadcasting ...

The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell ...

Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no ...

Israel's prime minister denounced a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting Israeli soldiers saying commanders ordered ...

A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military.

The Minnesota lawmaker was killed during a string of attacks against Democratic elected officials in the state.

Taberski unpacks a mysterious illness among teen girls in "Hysterical." Maureen Corrigan recommends four new mystery novels.

Fans of fireworks may face higher prices this Fourth of July. That's because most fireworks are made in China and importers ...