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John Grisham's latest book isn't just beach reading; it's set in a beach town. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks the best-selling author about his new thriller, "Camino Island."

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzle winner John Tures of Nashville, Tenn., zip through puzzlemaster Will Shortz's alliterative word challenges.

Federal housing officials are closing two large public housing projects in Cairo, Ill., renewing concerns that the predominantly African-American town will be wiped off the map altogether.

The Killers' 2004 hit has never entirely disappeared from the U.K. charts. Is the song just that great? (Yes.)

The Rogers sisters say this murder ballad both offers perspective on a character they introduced in an earlier song and reflects their own career challenges.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NPR's Scott Horsley about the White House reaction to the London incident.

Jeanette Woods talks with NPR's Michel Martin about her podcast, Cosby Unraveled. It explores Bill Cosby's beginnings in the projects of North Philadelphia, the peak of his influence and his downfall.

The Conservative party had a strong lead in the upcoming U.K. general election, but NPR's Michel Martin and Prof. Roger Scully of Cardiff University talk about what's changed.

Thousands of demonstrators from varying groups converged in Portland, Ore. Sunday afternoon in the wake of the fatal stabbing of two Portland men who tried to stop another man's anti-Muslim tirade.

Teenage pregnancy rates have declined across the country, but some parts of Texas have made much less progress on that. Abstinence-only sex ed policies may be one reason why.