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After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've enjoyed reading so far this year. Here's what they told us.

Matthew Hiller started making anti-Elon Musk stickers for Teslas after Musk's X takeover. He's made six figures selling them.

Less than 24 hours after misleading claims started circulating that tied Politico to USAID, the White House vowed to end subscriptions for the insider news outlet's services and others.

A local ride-share program helps seniors get to their medical appointments. But recruiting enough volunteer drivers has been difficult.

Please join us for this unique event presented in collaboration between the UC San Diego Stein Institute for Research on Aging and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. This event will feature a thought-provoking panel discussion on the intersection of art, aging, and the museum experience, followed by a guided tour of the Museum and a reception. The panel will showcase the meaningful work being done by both organizations, supported by the Vitality Arts Program, to explore how art can engage, empower, and enrich the lives of older adults. Our Panelists: Kathryn Kanjo is The David C. Copley Director & CEO of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Concurrent with her appointment to Director in 2016, the Museum launched a major expansion that quadrupled the gallery space. Designed by Selldorf Architects, the expanded campus reopened to the public in April 2022. Kanjo served as Executive Director of Artpace San Antonio (2000-2006), and Director of the University Art Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2006-2010). She returned to MCASD in 2010 as Chief Curator and Deputy Director Art and Programs, organizing exhibitions of Isaac Julien, Ed Ruscha, and Jack Whitten, among others. Kanjo serves as the President of the Board at the Linda Pace Foundation in San Antonio, Texas. She received her M.A. in Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Southern California and her B.A. in Art History and English Literature from the University of Redlands. Khai Nguyen, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine doctor and geriatrician who specializes in caring for older adults. He provides primary care to patients, with an emphasis on health maintenance, disease prevention, treatment of acute and chronic illnesses and preservation of function. As a geriatrician, Dr. Nguyen aims to keep seniors healthy and high functioning as they transition through the stages of aging. His expertise includes providing therapeutic and rehabilitative care for conditions or health concerns that are common among the elderly such as frailty, falls, incontinence, memory and cognitive problems, and medication-related side effects. He also has expertise in end of life care and advance care planning. Dr. Nguyen is clinical services chief of senior medicine at UC San Diego Health, where he oversees efforts to help ensure quality patient care and provides leadership management of clinical functions and staff. As a former instructor in the Division of Geriatrics, Dr. Nguyen has taught internal medicine residents and geriatric medicine fellows at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He has coauthored numerous abstracts and was a speaker at the 2015 annual meeting of the National Association of Managed Care Physicians. Prior to joining UC San Diego Health, Dr. Nguyen was the medical director of VITAS Healthcare and Hospice. He was also a geriatric home-based primary care physician at VA Healthcare System San Diego, and a physician in the Department of Continuing Care Services at Kaiser Permanente San Diego. Dr. Nguyen completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine and a residency in internal medicine at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla. He earned his medical degree from University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont. Dr. Nguyen also holds a master's degree in health policy and certification in health finance and management from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He holds the hospice medical director certification (HMDC) credential. Dr. Nguyen is a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Our Moderator: Danielle K. Glorioso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience in aging, community health, and clinical research. Since joining UC San Diego in 2001, she has taken on a leadership role as the Executive Director of the Center for Healthy Aging and the Stein Institute for Research on Aging. In this capacity, Ms. Glorioso oversees a wide range of operations including strategic planning, organizational development, community outreach, training, philanthropy, communications, and marketing. She is also a certified therapist in prolonged grief disorder, specializing in manualized interventions. One of her major accomplishments includes leading the research and development of a licensed, evidence-based six-week program designed to enhance resilience, compassion, and self-compassion among older adults. This intervention, which has undergone nearly a decade of research, has been tested and validated in various community settings, including among older adults in group and individual settings. Through her work, Danielle has made significant contributions to improving the mental health and well-being of older adults. Visit: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/2b3wc5a/lp/10521547-ca62-42c7-8d70-dfffbb172f2c MCASD on Instagram and Facebook

A group of women in Kenya rebelled against trading sex for a fisherman's catch to sell. They got their own boats, had success — but in past years have faced floods and now fears about HIV medications.

To foster equity and community, people gather several times a year to sing together in Portland, Oregon. The woman behind this effort has twice been nominated for a Grammy in music education.

Chrissy Lovett had just opened Maui Ocean Adventures when a deadly wildfire swept through Lahaina in 2023, burning up the entire business. A year and half later, they're finally back in the water.

House Republicans have a plan that would force schools to reimburse the government for a share of the federal loans their students don't repay.

The Trump administration says it has opened investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University and three campuses within the University of California system, including UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Irvine.