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Booker Prize-winning author Douglas Stuart puts queer love to the test in 'Young Mungo'

In 2020, Stuart won the Booker prize for his debut novel "Shuggie Bain." It's the story of a working-class boy in Glasgow, trying to cope with his mother Agnes' alcoholism as well as his own sexuality.

Wildfires are causing billions in damage every year and yet many homebuyers have little idea whether their house is at risk.

Is your house at risk of a wildfire? This online tool could tell you

Many people move without realizing the danger that wildfires pose to their new home. A new risk rating system could help buyers learn more on real estate sites.

Alan Cheuse's Book Picks To Warm A Winter's Night

Book reviewer Alan Cheuse selects the highlights of this holiday season: futuristic dystopias; things that go bump in the night; portraits from Norman Rockwell's America; gay New York; a celebration of our immigrant adventures; one writer's journey to manhood; and, of course, Long John Silver.

This carefully-worded and designed infographic from Rockland County, NY describes — in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Yiddish — what polio is and that immunization is the best way to protect yourself and others.

New York counties gear up to fight a polio outbreak among the unvaccinated

Polio is spreading in a few New York counties with low vaccination rates. Experts warn that other places in the U.S. could face the same challenge.

Inna Kravchenko, 52, and her mother, Raïsa Kozlova, 75, moments after crossing by bike from Russian-occupied territory in the Kherson region to the Ukrainian-controlled village of Zelenodolsk. They were able to bring three bags of belongings but fear their house they left behind will be destroyed by Russian soldiers.

Ukrainian villagers flee Russian-occupied Kherson on foot, bike and wheelchair

Ukraine lost territory to Russia in the southern Kherson region early in the war. Residents fleeing rural villages there describe their desperation under Russian military control.

A copy of <em>The Birmingham News</em> rests on a rack at the downtown public library in Birmingham, Ala. The company that runs the newspaper and two sister papers says it will permanently stop print publication after Feb. 26, 2023.

For 3 big Alabama newspapers, the presses are grinding to a halt

The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile's Press-Register will soon go all-digital. In Birmingham, where people have been reading the paper since the late 1800s, the news hasn't been easy.

From streetwear to red carpets, a new exhibit traces the evolution of hip hop fashion

NPR's Juana Summers visits a new exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City that celebrates 50 years of fashion in hip hop music.

A public commenter addresses the Normal Town Council on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at its meeting in Uptown Station.

Normal council rejects plan for 2nd cannabis dispensary; OKs Infiniti Pointe subdivision plan

The Normal Town Council on Monday night rejected a plan to open a cannabis dispensary near College Avenue and Veterans Parkway, with a consensus forming among council members to revisit regulations about such operations.

Tribal member Jerry Williams is a community leader who helped bring hydropanels to the Navajo Nation. (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now)

This machine creates drinking water ‘from thin air’ in driest parts of the world

A single hydropanel — powered by the sun — can produce more than a gallon of drinking water a day. Could it be the solution to water scarcity in the West?

Week In Politics: Romney, Koch Brothers, Budget

Melissa Block talks to regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss Mitt Romney's decision to not run for president in 2016, the Koch brothers' plan to spend nearly $900 million dollars on campaigns and next week's budget proposal.

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