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The attorney general hugged community leaders, a highway patrol captain and the mother of Michael Brown during his visit, and got an update on the federal investigation into the teen's shooting.

The associate attorney general's departure will leave a key vacancy in the succession of people who are tasked with overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Vice President Harris will visit Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia to discuss issues like economic growth and food security. She's the highest-ranking administration official to travel to the continent.

Fan fiction may not command the same respect as other literary pursuits, but it's a rich mode of expression, says one author who mounts a passionate case for the style.

The top Senate Republican suffered a concussion and will remain in the hospital for observation and treatment after a fall on Wednesday evening at a D.C. hotel. He had been attending a private dinner.

This week the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, is in Washington defending President Obama's plan for increasing the U.S. troop presence in that country. The general sat down to talk with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep.

Harvard announces it will end its early admissions program, a move that is sure to send ripples through the world of elite colleges and universities -- and through high schools where competition to get into the schools is fierce.

The Turkish prime minister said at least 265 people died in an attempted military coup on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who appears back in control and has promised to punish coup plotters.

Oysters, cocaine, fine wine, love triangles: Stephanie Danler's debut novel Sweetbitter follows a year in the life of a young woman working at a top-tier Manhattan restaurant.

Kids eventually realize their parents are real people, says author Molly Brodak. But in her new memoir, she talks about another sort of realization: That her father was dishonest, and a criminal.