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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Etgar Keret about the role of fiction in times of war.

Broadway star Hinton Battle, who played the original Scarecrow at the 1978 "The Wiz", has died at 67. He was a three-time Tony Award winner.

President Trump's travel ban on a dozen countries includes Afghanistan. Since American troops left in August of 2021, many Afghans have already arrived in the U.S. but many more are still waiting.

Six people have been arrested in connection with an international criminal network selling fake bottles of high-end French wine.

New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling has died at age 87. He started as the team's play-by-play announcer in 1989, and he called every game until he missed his first one in 2019.

Charlotte prepares to receive several missionaries back from Liberia who were there helping Ebola patients. Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Megan Davies, the state epidemiologist of North Carolina

Migrants crossing Croatia are on dangerous ground. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Megan Burke of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines about the thousands of landmines there.

A stranger helped two people stranded while moving from Maryland to Pennsylvania. They reconnected thanks to "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with pediatrician Dr. Megan Sandel about how the pandemic has exasperated child hunger in the country and could worsen as pandemic-relief programs run out.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with gun violence expert and emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney about the mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana.