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A woman with a terminal diagnosis asks her husband to leave the house in Ann Packer's new novel. Some Bright Nowhere is an absorbing book about end-of-life care and what the living owe the dying.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces growing scrutiny over an attack on an alleged drug boat. His response included a parody of the kids' book character Franklin, showing the turtle firing at boats.

Nobel winners Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke bring us a reissue and a new book respectively this week. Also, a story from a fictional African country and a commentary on beauty.

A few moments of controversy have touched an otherwise sleepy, wide open race to be California’s next governor.

After a decade of development, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a beautiful but befuddling game full of misguided design decisions and annoying sidekicks.

For the NPR Student Podcast Challenge, two students from High Tech Middle Media Arts in Point Loma looked to their heritage as inspiration for a podcast about growing up mixed race.

A university report found a sharp rise in first-year students lacking high school math proficiency. At UCSD, where more than half of undergraduate students are pursuing STEM degrees requiring math coursework, that's a problem.

Young adults who took just a one-week break from social media showed improvement in depression, anxiety and insomnia symptoms, a new study says. Plus, tips for how to take a break from your feed.

On Tuesday, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was formally charged in D.C. Superior Court with multiple crimes, including first-degree murder and assault with the intent to kill while armed.

The allegations in the multibillion-dollar case sound familiar: A voting-tech company accuses Fox News of defamation for false claims it broadcast about rigged votes in the 2020 presidential election.