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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michael Bommer, a man dying of colon cancer who created an AI avatar of himself for his wife, Anett, to interact with after he dies.

Hundreds of students have been arrested at pro-Palestinian protests at colleges nationwide. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Antony Blinken in an exclusive interview about U.S.-China relations.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with British novelist Sarah Perry - known for "The Essex Serpent." She's out with a new novel, "Enlightenment," about science, faith and love.

After a bad breakup, writer Melissa Febos decided to abstain from sex and dating for a year. She didn't realize how much it would change her life. She tells her story in a new book, The Dry Season.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Peter Mendelsund about his new novel, "Weepers," which features professional mourners.

The court closed its latest term on Friday, but it will still be working on a steady stream of emergency appeals in the coming weeks and months.

Lawyers for former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi are pointing to his traumatic childhood and a desire to “prove his worth to everyone” in seeking leniency from a judge sentencing him this week.

The average woman waits seven years for a diagnosis of endometriosis, a disease for which early detection is critical. An Illinois State University researcher wants to raise more awareness, and a Bloomington physician has a promising treatment option.

Restructuring of McLean County’s Behavioral Health Coordinating Council is complete, and as McLean County Board Chair Catherine Metsker promised when she suspended meetings in March, the group now has a defined — and codified — structure, with clear objectives.

Lobbyist Michael McClain wrote with characteristic flair and bluster when he penned a retirement letter in 2016 to a fellow aide to then-Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, assuring 13th Ward worker Kevin Quinn that “I am not dying.”