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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy says his best writing features his New York hometown. His latest book, Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes, is no exception. "There's a richness of Albany that I couldn't possibly exhaust," says Kennedy, who is now 83.

This week in fiction, an unlikely English love story reveals class and racial tensions in an English village, while in nonfiction, two postwar pop-culture icons share their life stories, and two respected journalists tackle the financial crisis and the rise of Dubai.

Residents of tiny Conklin, New York, are surprised the teen accused of a mass shooting in Buffalo came from their community. People of color in the nearby city of Binghamton have a different view.

In North Carolina, there are about 100 trained abortion doulas who can offer physical and emotional support to people having abortions. Local doula training programs have seen a surge in demand since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Deadly storms in New Zealand have the prime minister calling for changes to deal with a changing climate.

Bill Nighy plays a bottled-up bureaucrat on a quest for meaning in Kazuo Ishiguro's adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film Ikiru. The first film felt inventive and urgent — Living doesn't live up.

Just outside St. Louis, a cemetery for children sits on a hill. The gravediggers are witnesses to the nation's gun violence epidemic. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 27, 2023.)

During the first week at the U.S. Open. Serena Williams made her exit, and the top two men's seeds were knocked out. An American is through to the quarterfinals, so will this end the U.S. drought?

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to AFL-CIO chief economist William Spriggs about how the Federal Reserve's efforts to tame inflation are affecting lower-income workers.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to AFL-CIO chief economist William Spriggs about how the Federal Reserve's efforts to tame inflation are affecting lower-income workers.

The Justice Department has announced charges against 70 current and former employees of New York City's massive public housing authority — the most federal bribery charges ever brought in one day.

In 1944, the city of Durham, N.C., was riveted by the killing of a Black soldier – and the trial of the white bus driver who shot him. The soldier is now being honored with a historical marker.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with professor William Howell about the guilty verdict in former President Trump's hush money case in New York and what it may mean for presidential powers going forward.

Attorney General William Barr said federal authorities have not uncovered any widespread fraud that might have affected the outcome of the 2020 election, contradicting President Trump.

The play is a personal memoir and a civics town hall. It recreates the debate contests Heidi Schreck attended in high school and explores how the Constitution hasn't protected all Americans equally.

The number of college applications is going up nationally by 10%, according to the popular application platform Common App. But the number of applications for financial aid is going down. In North Carolina, it’s down 8%, and that number is even higher among first-generation and low-income students.

Huge crowds converged on central London for four days of public events to mark the queen's history-making 70 years on the throne.

Lawmakers in Tennessee are advancing a bill that would restrict drag show performances in the state. This bill and others like it threaten the LGBTQ community as well as businesses, critics say.

ListenAndrew Murray, Toussaint Romain, Mark Rumsey, Paul Valone, William Kennedy. This panel discussion and community forum addressed the intent,…

http://66.225.205.104/LM20090610.mp3Crescent Resources, one of the top developers in the Charlotte area and the Southeast, has filed for bankruptcy and…