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The National Book Foundation winnowed the list of contenders for its literary prize to just 20 — or five finalists each in four categories. Among them are Jesmyn Ward, Min Jin Lee and Frank Bidart.

The first real votes of the 2016 presidential election are rolling in tonight. We mark the occasion with questions, answers, links to NPR's coverage — and a walk down memory lane.

Three more wrongful death lawsuits were filed Tuesday against Mount Carmel Health and fired doctor William Husel, bringing the total number of suits to…

Zacarias Moussaoui offers surprising testimony at the sentencing phase of his trial. The confessed terrorist told the court he was supposed to hijack a fifth plane on the day of the Sept. 11 attacks and fly it into the White House.

The federal judge and erstwhile Supreme Court nominee — whose case was never taken up by Senate Republicans — could be asked by the new administration to take the reins of the Justice Department.

Austrian officials hope the decision to turn the three-story building in the town of Braunau am Inn into a police station will be a deterrent to those who would make the site a neo-Nazi shrine.

Jair Bolsonaro was attacked as he was being carried on the shoulders of supporters in southeastern Minas Gerais state. Doctors say it could take months for him to fully recover.

Six months after Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, six books have already been published about the scandal. Four came out just last month. They cover much of the same ground — with some exceptions.

The exotic aura of ancient Egypt has been the magic ingredient in all kinds of entertainment, from movies to pop songs. But when it comes to evoking the land of pyramids and pharaohs, it's tough to top Verdi's wartime romance.

The Pearl Fishers, which includes a lovely tenor/baritone duet, shows that there's more to Georges Bizet's music than 'Carmen'. This production comes from Covent Garden, where the opera hasn't been performed in 90 years.