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Have you had a chance to poke around the new NPR Books yet? We've given it a heck of an overhaul. Here's the how, what and why — and an invitation to explore.

GOP infighting is stymying any agreement to even temporarily fund the federal government after September 30th, and Congress now has fewer days to act.

Israel says it wants hospitals in northern Gaza to empty out so it can go after Hamas militants operating there. Palestinians say health care is collapsing in the territory.

In a reversal that brought him back in a matter of days, the OpenAI co-founder joins a club of CEOs who return after leaving the company they founded.

As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms.

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia has died. He was born before Saudi Arabia was even a country. David Greene talks to journalist and author Thomas Lippman about the king's death.

An Italian tribunal convicted 207 people on charges related to their membership in an Italian crime syndicate that is one of the world's most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups.

The two candidates in Argentina's Presidential runoff are almost neck and neck in an election where the economic crisis dominates the race.

A debris field has been identified as the remains of an F-35 fighter jet that went missing Sunday north of Charleston, South Carolina, officials said. The pilot ejected, prompting a search for the advanced fighter jet.

Jonathan Lethem's narrative is a nonlinear mosaic; an amalgamation of vignettes coming together to create a beautiful, gritty, impeccably researched portrait of Brooklyn, its history, and its people.

The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan, is an embarrassment for the Pakistani government. Islamabad has had trouble convincing other cricketing nations to compete in Pakistan due to the deteriorating security situation.

In Blackouts, Justin Torres plays with fact and fiction, and calls into question whose story gets told.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Israel to show the administration's support for a country in mourning and now conducting intense air strikes in the crowded Gaza Strip.

Both candidates wear bullet proof vests after the assassination of a frontrunner last month. And both are criticized for not having more defined plans on how to combat growing crime.

Young, played the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the "Rocky" franchise.

Former president Bolosnaro rejected the report's findings, issued by lawmakers mostly allied with the current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as biased. "It's completely biased," Bolsonaro said.

In 2014, Donna Salemink was solo parenting her two teenagers and often struggled to make ends meet. She came to StoryCorps with her daughter Melissa to remember the moment that changed their lives.

Lions, leopards and tigers once roamed Punjab, a province in Northern India, and at least one tour operator tries to convince visitors that they still do. Correspondent Philip Reeves goes on a nighttime safari in search of game.

This weekend, Pakistan raised its estimated death toll from last week's earthquake to nearly 40,000, with more than 60,000 injured. A severe shortage of tents is hampering rescue and relief operations in the mountains there, where's it's been raining. There is a serious risk more people will now die for lack of shelter.

The London School of Economics in Britain is considered one of the world's finest universities. Right now, though, it's reputation's taking a battering. The school's at the center of a storm over its decision to accept large sums of money from Libya — and, in particular, from an organization run by one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons.