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In the new novel Tom Lake, a mother bonds with her daughters who are home for the pandemic. But how much of her past is she expected to share?

As the church works through its sex-abuse crisis, the Vatican is struggling to figure out how to hold cardinals and bishops accountable, investigative journalist Jason Berry tells NPR's Scott Simon.

What initially started out as a pure rehoming program has now accidentally become a rat control initiative as the presence of the outdoor felines scares away local rodents.

Novelist Lara Prescott became curious about the women who worked at CIA headquarters during the real-life mission to smuggle Dr. Zhivago into the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

A reformist candidate has beaten the odds and will become president-elect. With nearly 100% of the vote counted, Bernardo Arévalo leads with more than 20 percentage votes.

Hurricane Hilary continues her march toward Baja California, and people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are getting ready for projected heavy rains and flooding.

During the holidays, beer manufacturers roll out seasonal brews. And now, in addition to Ebenezer Ale and Santa's Private Reserve, there's a relative newcomer for Chanukah: a chocolate rye porter from a micro-brewer in Portland, Oregon.

U.S. officials have condemned Russia for pulling out of a deal that lets Ukraine export grain to dozens of countries. The situation is especially concerning for countries that are food insecure.

Fred Harvey was the Ray Kroc before McDonald's, the J.W. Marriott before Marriott Hotels. A new book by Stephen Fried looks at how Harvey civilized the West with his railroad restaurants and changed America's eating habits.

A pair of suicide bomb attacks on Moscow's subway system Monday killed more than three dozen people. Clifford Levy, the Moscow bureau chief of The New York Times, says though it's unconfirmed, it's assumed the female suicide bombers were connected to the insurgency in Chechnya.