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Caleb Bell dreams of someday hosting a TV show about animals. But for now, he works at a Starbucks in Chapel Hill, N.C., serving up animal facts alongside lattes.

When Mary MacCarthy and her 10-year-old landed at a Denver airport, two armed police officers were waiting to interrogate them.

Jimmy Carter, the first U.S. president to call for a Palestinian homeland, urges the U.S. to not veto Palestine's statehood vote at next week's U.N. meeting. There's "no downside" to it, he says, as international recognition could reinvigorate failed peace talks between Israel and Palestine.

Brian McGackin says his new collection of poetry, Broetry, is for people who don't like poetry: dudes. The book draws inspiration from writers not necessarily known as broets: Robert Frost, who crafted odes to baseball, and Shakespeare, who was "just writing about chicks."

One of the seminal figures of the punk era has passed away. Malcolm McLaren was a British artist, promoter, fashion designer and musician. He also gave the influential band the "Sex Pistols" their name. He died of cancer at the age of 64.

Tuesday is the first day of fall. This time of year reminds critic Abigail Deutsch of Stephen Dobyns' "How to Like It" — a poem about a man who ponders his lost summers and fleeting dreams.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Interestings and Belzhar explains writing for teens and her failed attempt at journaling, plus emerges from an anagram challenge delightfully unscathed.

After the Toronto Zoo warned visitors against showing videos to gorillas, NPR's Scott Simon wonders what sort of motion pictures might entertain a great ape.

Ernst, who has served in the Senate since 2015, hosted the closed-door luncheon for GOP senators Thursday when the incident occurred.

A new book by Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche uncovers tales of language and translation, like the story of Peter Less, whose family was killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Just a few years later, Less interpreted for those very same people at the Nuremberg trials.