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Li won a Pulitzer for her memoir about the suicides of her two sons. In her new novel, Music Against the Night, she writes about two young prodigies in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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The longest scientific study of happiness began in 1938 and is still going, now tracking multiple generations.
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Laufey sees libraries as an important third space at a time when younger generations are yearning for something that feels physical and nostalgic.
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Some big challenges remain, like getting the trail across the Ohio River between West Virginia and Ohio.
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The Native American and Alaska Native students died while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania more than a century ago.
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Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte, who brought a lifetime of experience with cerebral palsy to fictional family struggles in an essential role on "Breaking Bad," died Monday at age 34.
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Authorities say Blair was physically abusive and injured two flight attendants while traveling from Los Angeles to New York. A Blair representative said she had a medical emergency aboard the plane.
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Rosalind Eleazar plays a once-successful Hollywood actor whose career has taken a downward turn in a film that takes viewers to bleaker places than they might anticipate.
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Ali plays a devout Muslim family man, who also happens to be an assassin in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. After decades in the business and two Oscars, he says he has less fear as an actor.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Heather Gay, author and "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" cast member, about her new body horror novel, "Eternal Glow."
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Listeners of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday may already know that host Ayesha Rascoe loves horror. But why do scream queens (and kings) like her like what's frightening? The answer may surprise you.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and LAist listener Bill Etienne of Laguna Niguel, California.
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The center's executive director has named an agent who has worked with ZZ Top and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee as the head of programming for the arts institution.
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This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with guest host Negin Farsad, special guest Margo Price and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Katie Nolan, and Mo Rocca