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Sharlene Teo's debut novel is a shimmering story of three women in Singapore, but its plot gets washed away among the grotesque and stomach-churning detail.

A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country.

In this candid conversation, the singer reveals he hasn't felt compelled to write a new song in years, talks about the desire to better know himself and reflects on the very meaning of life itself.

"This is a decision, frankly, that is 39 years overdue," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said as he announced the U.S. is ending its Treaty of Amity with Iran.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with typography lecturer Stephen Banham of RMIT University about a new font he helped develop to assist people in remembering what they've read.

K.J. Reilly creates an indelible character in 17-year-old Joel Higgins, with his phone full of unsent text messages to his crush, his principal and his dead friend, and his profane, vulnerable voice.

Rachel Martin talks to Kareem Fahim of The Washington Post about the disappearance in Turkey of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has long been critical of the Saudi government.

The German chancellor's center-right sister party has long been a juggernaut in Bavaria, but it didn't look like it Sunday.

A federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in Harvard University's admissions process goes to court this week. It could have big consequences for higher education.

Democrats and outside groups want the FBI to conduct an investigation into the accusations made by Christine Blasey Ford and others about the conduct of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.