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A look back at how Cormac McCarthy's last two novels, published late last year, came to be. The author died this week at 89.

A dangerous chemical called xylazine is being mixed into fentanyl across the U.S., but who's doing it and why is a mystery. The government still doesn't identify and track new drug threats.

We break down the week in politics: President Biden's first campaign rally for reelection and former President Trump's arraignment.

After years of fighting, hunger and destruction, people in Yemen reflect on what they've lost and their low expectations for ending a war that has devastated the country.

Some colleges are trying something surprising to make sure their freshman students make it back to campus for sophomore year: ditching letter grades.

NPR's Don Gonyea says looking through his old baseball scorecards stirs up sweet memories from summers long past.

NPR's Don Gonyea talks with Brennen Leigh about her new album with a classic country sound, "Ain't Through Honky Tonkin' Yet."

Pickles, pots and protein were also employed in their quirky song about pandemic lockdowns and frontline workers.

Why the Federal Reserve is pressing pause - for now - on interest rate hikes, and what might be in store for the economy next.

A growing number of high-profile novels are coming out of the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora. And the region has long been punching above its weight on the international literary scene.