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For Ward, who won the fiction prize for Sing, Unburied, Sing, it was her second National Book Award. For Bidart, whose poetry collection spanned 51 years, it was akin to a lifetime achievement honor.

As commemorative tributes take place across the country, the flagship jazz competition has quietly been put on hold.

Mary Louise Kelly talks to Sen. Ron Johnson, a chief sponsor of the GOP health care proposal, about efforts to get the needed votes to pass it. NPR's Susan Davis analyzes Johnson's comments.

Facebook has turned over to Congress some 3,000 Russian-bought Facebook ads. Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Will Hurd of Texas about the latest into Russia's meddling into the 2016 election.

Not one to rest on his laurels, the former Beatle is back with his 19th studio album. He speaks with Michel Martin about writing Give More Love, considering his legacy and more.

In his new book, Dr. Aaron Carroll explains that there might be less evidence against some notoriously bad foods than we think. In fact, maybe we should be eating some of them more often.

A baker says being forced by Colorado law to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples would violate his First Amendment rights. The couple says the baker can't discriminate against them.

Ruben Östlund's latest film is a satire set at a contemporary art museum in Stockholm. Reviewer Justin Chang says The Square invites viewers to laugh, empathize and recoil — sometimes all at once.

David Greene speaks with Steven Law of the Senate Leadership Fund, which helps get establishment Republicans elected, about its pushback against Steve Bannon's influence on the Republican Party.

Actress Jenifer Lewis' new memoir, The Mother of Black Hollywood, explores her decades-long career and her role as the mom character to black actors in TV and film.