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Author Victoria Schwab says she loves the books that can't be categorized, that fall between library-shelf categories, and that spark passionate debate among readers who either love them or hate them.

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks back in with Ahmed Badr, an Iraqi refugee who started a website to help other young people tell their own stories. Badr just finished his sophomore year at Wesleyan University and has even more projects underway since he last talked to NPR.

Vanna White has spent the last 35 years turning letters on the game show Wheel of Fortune. She says her job can seem silly, but she loves it: "You can't solve the puzzle if I don't turn the letter!"

NPR's All Things Considered wanted to hear your regrets from 2017, so we asked you to tell us. Everything from not getting a tattoo to not finishing hiking the entire Appalachian Trail made the list.

After weeks of hearing from his teenage sons in Puerto Rico about the lack of sufficient food and water, a Connecticut father sells his car to pay for plane tickets to get them out.

The singer-songwriter was born with an ear deformity that made hearing difficult; eventually, she lost her residual hearing. But if you're going to vote for her, she wants you to look past that.

Top executives of Wells Fargo and Equifax faced lawmakers on Capitol Hill to answer questions about ongoing scandals at both companies.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Straw-megeddon; No Curls Allowed; Parlez Vous Gin and Tonic?

The Republicans rolled out their tax plan on Thursday, but not all of them are on board. NPR's David Greene speaks with Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York about why he isn't satisfied.

When veterans return home the transition to civilian life can be a challenge. For one local veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, his transition was made easier through art