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Italian police say during a normal ID check in a Milan suburb, a suspect pulled a handgun and fired at officers. Police returned fire and killed the man. They have identified him as Anis Amri.

The Chicago White Sox announced this week that their 25-year-old ballpark, U.S. Cellular Field, would be renamed Guaranteed Rate Field. Scott Simon ponders where such a name might lead.

The remains, car and a work ID belonging to Judy Chartier, 17, were found in the Concord River last week. The teen previously went missing after attending a party in June 1982.

Physicist Brian Greene believes that in unraveling the mysteries of the universe, we can find an appreciation for our own place in the cosmos and be inspired by the drama of exploration and discovery.

Singer Kelly Willis says she "had something to prove" with Translated from Love, her first CD in five years. She hopes people do a "double take" when listening to the disc, which includes a cover of an Iggy Pop song.

The 12 short stories that make up Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics mix scientific erudition and wild fantasy to tell a wonderfully unique story of creation. Salman Rushdie calls it "possibly the most enjoyable story collection ever written."

In The Quick and the Dead, Joy Williams fixes a gaze of cold but evocative detachment on the lives of an eclectic cast of characters living in the arid Southwest. Writer Sarah Braunstein says the surreal novel uses wit, candor and virtuosic prose to delve into "our subterranean selves."

A new study shows that Latino-led content attracted new viewers to streaming platforms and helped make shows and films more popular.

Bob Mondello says X-Men: Days of Future Past is awesomely urgent and utterly forgettable all at once, but it'll leave you bouncing with excitement — if you can keep the multiple mutants straight.

So what if it's pure literary estrogen? Author David Sax says Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love the best comeback story he's ever read. Sure, Gilbert's memoir is often dismissed as a beach read for unhappy housewives, but Sax says the haters are missing the point.