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Say farewell to prissy princesses. Author Heather Havrilesky recommends three page turners with plucky female protagonists. These satisfying sisters will lift your spirits and open your eyes.

The city of Berkeley is repealing a landmark ban on natural gas hookups in new homes to comply with a court ruling. That could slow, but won't stop, the growing electrification movement.

Gas prices remain higher than usual across the US, as the price of crude oil has been swinging wildly in response to the Iran war.

A new Congress takes office today, after a nail-biting end to the last term. There were reports of choice words from House Speaker John Boehner to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but Congress came together on a budget agreement. Guest host Celeste Headlee asks how congressional deals are made, and what to expect from the freshman class.

A look back at how Cormac McCarthy's last two novels, published late last year, came to be. The author died this week at 89.

It's wedding season! For this week's Call-In, Mandy Len Catron, author of the new book How to Fall in Love with Anyone, answers your questions about love and relationships.

Romanians have been welcoming the world's second-largest influx of Ukrainian refugees. It's a marked change from the country's response during Europe's last major migrant crisis.

In almost every state, student achievement in math is below pre-pandemic levels. Alabama was the only state where fourth-graders' average math scores surpassed 2019. What are they doing differently?

This Thanksgiving, some musicians, including the Indigo Girls, Kae Tempest and Lianne La Havas, talk about the artists they are thankful for in a musical chain of gratitude.

During the pandemic, 15 children's hospitals reported that admissions for eating disorders doubled, on average. A Michigan teen shares her story about getting diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.