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Margaret Atwood says reader questions about the world of <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em> — and the world we live in now — inspired <em>The Testaments</em>.

Hear Margaret Atwood Read From 'The Testaments,' Her Sequel To 'The Handmaid's Tale'

In this recording, exclusive to NPR, Atwood returns to the world of The Handmaid's Tale, reading from her long-awaited sequel. Some 15 years after the first book, it introduces a few new voices.

Margaret Atwood says reader questions about the world of The Handmaid's Tale — and the world we live in now — inspired The Testaments.

Hear Margaret Atwood Read From 'The Testaments,' Her Sequel To 'The Handmaid's Tale'

In this recording, exclusive to NPR, Atwood returns to the world of The Handmaid's Tale, reading from her long-awaited sequel. Some 15 years after the first book, it introduces a few new voices.

People listen to speakers raising awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women at a rally at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle prior to the Women's March on January 20. A new report examines missing and murdered Indigenous women in cities, not on reservations, and found local law enforcement agencies often do not adequately track such crimes.

Police In Many U.S. Cities Fail To Track Murdered, Missing Indigenous Women

Seattle-based researchers examined the disappearances and murders of Native American women in 71 U.S. cities. They found information on 506 documented cases — and huge, troubling gaps in the data.

In this screen grab provided by the Life.ru, the wreckage of a plane is seen near the Russian village of Stepanovskoye, about 25 miles from Moscow's Domodedovo airport.

Plane Crash Outside Moscow Kills Everyone On Board Says Russian Official

The regional jet vanished from radar shortly after taking off from Moscow on Sunday afternoon. Local news reports say there were 71 people on board.

Beate Zschaepe arrives for the verdict at a court in Munich, Germany. She was convicted for the murders of 10 people who were gunned down between 2000 and 2007.

German Neo-Nazi Sentenced To Life For Murders

Beate Zschaepe was found guilty in the murders of 10 people, most of whom were immigrants. The victims were gunned down between 2000 and 2007.

Afghan couples in Kabul out for a stroll on Valentine's Day this year.

Looking For Happiness In The 3rd Least Happy Country In The World

Afghanistan ranks extremely low on the World Happiness Report, released for World Happiness Day on March 20. But that doesn't mean it is a place devoid of happiness.

Cayti Kane was diagnosed with placenta accreta, a dangerous complication. But Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center was prepared and two weeks later, Kane delivered a healthy boy via c-section.

To Keep Women From Dying In Childbirth, Look To California

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, but California is leading the charge to reverse that trend. Since 2006, the state has cut its rate by more than half.

Milos Forman at the International Rome Film Festival in Rome in 2009. He died at age 86 in Connecticut.

Milos Forman, 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' Director, Dies At 86

The Czech director won awards for 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and 1984's Amadeus.

World War II Norwegian resistance fighter Joachim Roenneberg, seen here in 2013, has died at age 99. He led a team that was credited with slowing Hitler's plan to build atomic weapons.

Joachim Roenneberg, Who Sabotaged Nazis' Nuclear Hopes, Dies At 99

Roenneberg was just 23 when his team of resistance fighters parachuted into a mountain range in Norway. They skied to a plant making heavy water and blew Hitler's atomic plans off-schedule.

Flames burn inside a van as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.

Trump Approves California Disaster Declaration

President Donald Trump says he has approved an "expedited" major disaster declaration for California over the deadly wildfires burning at both ends of the state.

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