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Vendela Vida's novel centers on four 13-year-old girls who are perched on the edge of adulthood — and the recognition that some things they do or say now will change who they become as adults.

Detroit is 79% Black, but only 13% of residents have gotten one COVID-19 vaccine shot. In surrounding areas, the rate is nearly double that. The city turned to Black churches to be vaccination sites.

The author's latest book is an often harrowing read; an uncompromising guide to the misogynistic backlash of the past decade. Bates says the movement's members "are men we all pass on the street."

Journalists are not usually granted access to Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, where for three years a campaign of violence by Islamist extremists has left some 668,000 people displaced.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Ralph Daniel, who broke into a Pennsylvania FBI office in 1971. He is only now speaking out about his role.

The $1.9 trillion relief bill includes a new monthly allowance for American parents that could help provide a critical lifeline.

Layla Alammar's new novel is about a journalist who's fled the Syrian civil war for a new life in London — but can only tell anonymous stories about her neighbors because trauma has left her silent.

Some guidance on what to give your mail carriers, refuse collector or other service provider for the holidays.

The Biden administration announced Friday that Americans can begin ordering free at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. 19. Orders can be placed using the website COVIDtests.gov.

One section of southeastern Baghdad Thursday saw two car bombings, one angry mob, one fatal roadside bombing and the capture of a suspected triggerman -- part of a wave of insurgent violence aimed at destabilizing Iraq's fledging government. Eric Westervelt was with U.S. soldiers in that part of Baghdad and reports on the day's events.