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Existential loneliness lies at the heart of Colson Whitehead's apocalyptic tragicomedy about post-zombie Manhattan. The smart, strange, engrossing novel lampoons contemporary society and its excesses — and has haunting echoes of post-Sept. 11 New York.

The ACLU says a judge's gag order against former President Trump restricts too much of his speech on matters of public importance.

A bipartisan foreign military aid and immigration reform package is teetering ahead of a Wednesday vote in the face of Republican opposition.

Dozens of advocates are blanketing Capitol Hill this week to push for Congress to revive a program that provided compensation to people with long-standing impacts from U.S. nuclear testing programs.

In Tuesday's presidential debate, former President Donald Trump again falsely claimed that Democrats support abortions "after birth" and "executing" babies.

NPR commentators favor Jennifer Close's look at women facing marriage and Amanda Hodgkinson's post-World War II family drama. There are also memoirs by actor Christopher Plummer and nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei, plus Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams re-evaluate universities for the digital age.

Ideastream Public Media's sports commentator Terry Pluto talks about Northeast Ohio's nationally ranked smaller college basketball teams.

Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C., gave data to The New York Times and ProPublica between 2018 and 2020 in leaks that appeared to be "unparalleled in the IRS's history," prosecutors said.

As the U.S. celebrates the civil rights icon on MLK Day, here are a few things to know about the holiday honoring the slain activist and his fight against inequality and racial injustice.

A Republican-backed bill that says K-12 and higher education institutions in Ohio must require students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to the gender listed on their birth certificates got some slight changes Wednesday but is still in committee.