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R.F. Kuang's novel Yellowface offers a literary exploration of cultural appropriation taken to a new degree.

North Carolina's Senate and House have voted along party lines to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of new abortion restrictions.

Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY) was among the first to know about the e-mails between former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) and several pages. Exactly how much he knew about the e-mails is raising concern among his constituents, and further tightening an already close election at home.

Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales has faced increasing pressure from his party to resign or drop out of his race after allegations of an affair with a staffer.

This week, why not down a shot or two of fiction that runs 25 words? If you're in the mood for something a little deeper, there are biographies of writer Louisa May Alcott and jazzman Thelonious Monk, and memoirs by comic artist R. Crumb and band leader Paul Shaffer.

Insecure creator and actor Issa Rae picks her favorite Tiny Desks by artists whose music has been featured on the hit TV show.

Known as a maverick filmmaker, Peter Bogdanovich made movies that ran the gamut from the bleak, coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show to zany comedies like What's Up Doc.

Latifah has always followed her mother's advice: Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Her success in music and film has allowed her to do things she loves, like singing old jazz and R&B tunes.

Congress, which has been unable to pass comprehensive crypto legislation, is digging into what happened as regulators try to police the new, mysterious world of virtual currencies with old laws.

R&B Singer Cassie Ventura has filed a civil lawsuit against hip-hop mogul Sean Combs, alleging she suffered physical and sexual abuse for more than a decade.

The "Real Tickets, Real Fans Act" would ban speculative ticket sales, where the website sells tickets it doesn't actually have. Musicians and event venues say they're seeing fans showing up with fake tickets they bought online from the sites.

Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., and Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., share what their respective parties hope to see in the next Congress.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) about the impact of the new round of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

Two people were killed and nine injured in a shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday afternoon.

A selection of 25 deep, joyful, rewarding albums from every genre, out of every corner of the world, from the first six months months of 2014, picked by NPR Music.

The federal government has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to boost American production of medical gloves, but some companies say it's not enough when imported gloves have gotten cheaper.

The agency and Novo Nordisk, which makes Ozempic, said Monday that they had learned about "several hundred units" of the drug that made it onto the market outside the company's approved supply chain.

At a panel discussion attended by Vladimir Putin, a man got up to thank the Russian president for the ban on EU food imports, which he credited for helping his local cheese business to flourish.

Even as the Supreme Court takes up the issue of emergency contraception coverage, a new study suggests the most popular form of the drug might not work for most American women. It seems one formulation of the popular drug loses effectiveness in women who are obese or who weigh over a certain amount.

The Great Drought of 2012 dominated headlines this summer, but so far, it has not had a major impact on the prices of food on your holiday table, except the dairy products. That prime rib is more expensive for other reasons.