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Jenni Fagan's debut novel, The Panopticon, is a creepy and troubled portrait of a girl lost in the system. The plot is loosely based on Fagan's experience growing up in foster care.

Over 1,500 people gathered to mourn the victims of the Lewiston mass shooting. Wednesday night's attack at a bowling alley and a bar left 18 people dead and 13 injured.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations canceled plans to hold its 29th annual banquet on Saturday at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

One trail project plans to connect national trail networks coast-to-coast with the Great American Rail Trail that goes from Washington D.C. to Washington State and passes through Columbus.

Aging can be a lifeline for immigrants, like my parents, whose life was defined by work.

The General Service Administration notice says the federal government "is seeking competitive lease proposals for as-is, fully-finished and furnished office space in support of administrative operations for law enforcement."

Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes, says someday we might be able to improve our health by taking probiotics, but "we are still in the very early stages of working out how to do this."

Burger served as chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 until 1986. Linda Greenhouse, author of The Burger Court, says those years helped establish the court's conservative legal foundation.

NPR's Bob Mondello has a selective preview of summer movies from superhero blockbusters to music documentaries and everything in between.

Educators around the U.S. told us they're facing heartbreaking choices between the needs of their students and the needs of their own children.