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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead about his new book, "Cool Machine."

Mexico has been dealing with its own New World screwworm outbreak for more than 18 months. What can the U.S. learn from its neighbor as it tries to stop the spread of the parasite?

Another series of U.S. strikes on Iran after two U.S. service members were killed during an Iranian ballistic and drone attack in Jordan.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is stepping down and his successor, Andy Burnham, will take office. He's the former mayor of Manchester and will be the U.K.'s seventh prime minister in ten years.

In a hard-fought victory, a citizens' group won a six-year concession to manage an abandoned island in the Venetian lagoon and turn it into a rare piece of public green space.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WFDD listener John Dudley of Winston Salem, N.C.

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities can be fertile ground for violence between residents with dementia, including fatal assaults. Court records and inspecitions how safeguards fall short.

Swifts have nested in Jerusalem's Western Wall since biblical times. Now one Israeli paraglider is trying to save them.

Russia launched 41 missiles and 125 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force.

Just because you live in a small place doesn't mean it has to look or feel cramped. Interior designers share creative strategies to create the illusion of space that work for renters and small budgets.