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Hanya Yanagihara's much anticipated 700-page novel is a deliberately difficult work, made of up dazzling moments that tend lose their luster when pressed together.

A dramatic fire near the plant burned through the night and into Saturday but led to no evacuation orders or serious injuries — just heavy smoke that was seen and smelled in nearby New York City.

NPR's A Martinez speaks to ESPN's Jeremy Schaap about the moral and financial dilemmas surrounding professional athletes and vaccines.

A former soldier in Tacoma, Wash., is helping resettle Afghan refugees after the fall of Kabul. One now lives nearby, and together they're working to get others out of Afghanistan.

Although he died nearly 60 year ago, Milton Avery is very much a man for our times. He drew and painted things he knew, and helped viewers see them his way — works with colors and shapes.

On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a conversation about how the city thought there would be riots during the March on Washington. Story originally aired on Aug. 28, 2008 on Morning Edition.

Authorities are still trying to understand why a British man stormed a synagogue in Texas and took several people hostage over the weekend.

As states broaden legal gun ownership, perceived threats to police can increase. Tennessee reports more shootings involving police.

Communications were still down across most of the Pacific Island nation of Tonga after a massive undersea volcano erupted over the weekend, making damage assessments difficult.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Southern California Public Radio's Tony Marcano and Eric Liu of Citizen University about how the media and everyday citizens can better democracy.