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NPR's Scott Simon remembers Annie Glenn, who overcame a profound stutter in mid-life, then became a champion for those with speech challenges. She died this week from COVID complications.

If you ever had trouble grasping the complexities of succession among lords and earls in the posh society of Edwardian England, a new production at…

Zinta Aistars speaks with Kalamazoo realtor Twala Lockett-Jones about her new book Princess Mackie Buys a House.

The ongoing conflict on the Korean Peninsula is the legacy of the Korean War, which helps explain relations between the north and south. In a new book, historian Victor Davis Hanson discusses how the strategies of U.S. Gen. Matthew Ridgway helped to turn around what appeared to be "a lost war."

(MPRN-Lansing) Attorneys specializing in marijuana law now have their own division within the State Bar of Michigan. The state Supreme Court and the…

U.S. prosecutors this week are expected to ask a federal grand jury to indict former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay on fraud charges. Many of his legal troubles began when Sherron Watkins started to tell prosecutors about Enron's accounting practices. For this week's installment of our summer reading series, we spoke with the Enron whistleblower and co-author of Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron.

A slew of recently released books examine U.S. policy and military strategy behind the Iraq war. George Packer, author of 2005's highly acclaimed The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, reviews some of the latest titles.

Saudi prince and conspicuous billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal is suing the magazine in a London court. In its annual list of the world's wealthiest people, Forbes estimates bin Talal's fortune at $20 billion. But the prince says the magazine publicly short changed him by nearly $10 billion.

Last week's rampage in Paris marked the first time suicide vests have been used in a European terrorist attack. NPR reports on how difficult they are to make and the damage they can do.

Alena, a reworking of Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca, takes place in the contemporary art world, while The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles is a "delicious French romp." Critic Maureen Corrigan says both novels are "exquisite vehicles of escape fiction."