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Max Brod (left), a recognized writer at the time, relentlessly promoted the writings of his friend, Franz Kafka, played here respectively by David Kross and Joel Basman in the Austrian-German series <em>Kafka</em>, now streaming in the U.S.

Franz Kafka's life wasn't so kafkaesque after all, TV miniseries shows

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with lead actor Joel Basman and director David Schalko about his German-Austrian miniseries Kafka on early 20th century author Franz Kafka, released in the U.S. from June 6.

Karen Williams (left) holds hands with her daughter, Lena Powell, while walking through St. Michael's Lutheran Churchyard in Philadelphia. Williams, who is disabled, bought a life insurance policy to pay for her funeral, but it caused her to lose access to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit checks that she relies on to pay bills.

These disabled people tried to play by the rules. It cost them their federal benefits

A little-known Social Security program was supposed to lift people out of poverty. Sometimes it traps them there instead.

Dominic Sessa stars as Angus Tully and Paul Giamatti is Paul Hunham in Alexander Payne's <em>The Holdovers.</em>

Alexander Payne keeps real emotion at bay in the coyly comic 'Holdovers'

Paul Giamatti plays a boarding school teacher charged with watching over the students who have no where to go during winter break in a throwback film that doesn't quite live up to its potential.

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows cucumbers recalled for salmonella.

More than 150 in U.S. became sick due to a possible salmonella outbreak in cucumbers

More than 150 people across more than 20 states have fallen ill after being exposed to cucumbers that were possibly contaminated with salmonella, the CDC said Wednesday. No deaths have been reported.

15th Anniversary Series of Acoustic Evenings at the Athenaeum

The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, with Acoustic Evenings originator and presenter Jefferson Jay, will commemorate the 15th anniversary of the series that showcases some of the finest acoustic musicians in San Diego. The project advances the Athenaeum’s commitment to support diverse San Diego talent with an unforgettable and personal experience for San Diego music lovers. Four concerts, three performances each: Bri Schillings, Sierra Marin, Jamie Shadowlight; Sue Palmer & Liz Ajuzie, Jack Tempchin, Lisa Sanders; Jefferson Jay plays Don Truesdail, Hugh Gaskins, Gaby Aparicio; Marie Haddad, Israel Maldonado, Jimmy Patton & Enrique Platas. After concert meet and greet. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Facebook / Instagram

The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit in 1999, just after a servicing mission by astronauts.

Hubble will change how it points, but NASA says 'great science' will continue

NASA is shifting the way the Hubble Space Telescope points. The change is a work-around for a piece of hardware that's become intolerably glitchy. Officials say Hubble will continue to do 'ground breaking science,' for about another decade.

A dose of MDMA. The drug has been studied as a treatment for PTSD and FDA is now considering whether to approve it.

FDA advisers reject MDMA therapy for PTSD, amid concerns over research

A panel of advisers to the FDA voted against the potential use of MDMA for treating PTSD.

A hiker passes a sign warning of extreme heat at the start of the Golden Canyon trail, in Death Valley National Park, Calif., July 11, 2023. Parts of California, Nevada and Arizona are expected to bake this week as the first heat wave of the season arrives with triple-digit temperatures forecast for areas including Phoenix, which last summer saw a record 31 straight days of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

Southwest US to bake in first heat wave of season, and records may fall with highs topping 110

By Wednesday, the National Weather Service says most of an area stretching from southeast California to central Arizona will see “easily their hottest” weather since last September.

A man looks over the ledge at a bombed-out school in Khan Younis on May 24.

A family fled Rafah as the war closed in. Now they're living in a bombed-out school

A classroom in a bombed-out school has become a shelter for an extended family of 20 Palestinians. They fled Rafah after Israel's latest offensive in the southern Gaza city.

Cult film director Roger Corman often came up with titles before he came up with plots. His 1957 movie <em>Attack of the Crab Monsters </em>is one example — "I had no story," Corman <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128873305">told NPR's Renee Montagne in 2010</a>.

Roger Corman, the B-movie legend who launched A-list careers, dies at 98

Over some five decades, Corman filled America's drive-ins with hundreds of low-budget movies. Many of Hollywood's most respected directors have at least one Corman picture buried in their resumes.

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