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Forget Screen Time Rules — Lean In To Parenting Your Wired Child, Author Says

In his new book, The New Childhood, Jordan Shapiro argues that we're not spending enough screen time with our kids.

Learning Lessons From Inspiration, Despite Complexity, In 'Why Fish Don't Exist'

Former NPR journalist Lulu Miller was inspired by a scientist who started again when his life's work was destroyed. Now, she writes about what she can take from his story, even when it's not all good.

The line of attendees waiting to get in stretched down the hall, up the stairs, and outside the building. Sneaker Con organizers expect more than 10,000 people to show up to the event this weekend.

They Dress From The Bottom Up: Sneakerheads Converge In D.C.

Thousands of Sneakerheads throng the nation's capital to attend Sneaker Con in search of some of the most popular and rare footwear in the industry. Organizers expect about 10,000 attendees.

David Ebershoff's Novel 'The 19th Wife'

Scott Simon talks David Ebershoff about his new novel, The 19th Wife. Ebershoff also reflects on his experience editing literary lion Norman Mailer.

2 artists claim credit for ‘All eyes on Rafah.’ The internet's most viral AI image

The story of the two artists highlights the complexities of authorship and ownership in the world of AI content.

RVs line neighborhood streets in Los Angeles, where nearly 10,000 people live in vehicles.

Amid Homelessness Crisis, Los Angeles Restricts Living In Vehicles

Nearly 10,000 people in Los Angeles live in vehicles. The City Council recently extended a ban on sleeping overnight in cars, vans or RVs in residential areas and near parks or schools.

Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community settle under a bridge in central Dahuk, Aug. 14. Human rights activists say evidence of the Islamic State's violence against the Yazidis points to war crimes, and amounts to ethnic cleansing.

Amid Warnings Of Ethnic Cleansing, A Yazidi Man's Suicide Resonates

Naif Khalif Omar, a 33-year-old Yazidi, had survived the worst of the violence unleashed by the militants of the Islamic State. In the end, despair, and a self-inflicted gunshot wound, killed him.

In Peaceful Sri Lanka, Army Holds Thousands Of Acres Seized In Civil War

Since the country's long fight against Tamil separatists ended, the economy and democracy have advanced. But for thousands of civilians displaced by war, the fight to recover their land continues.

Though emergency evacuation orders have been issued by both the state of North Dakota and the Army Corps of Engineers, the three camps along the Cannonball River, now covered in snow, show no sign of packing up.

Despite Evacuation Orders, Pipeline Protesters Hunker Down For Winter

Authorities have ordered the protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline to clear out — but those who have gathered to support the Standing Rock Sioux tribe are preparing for a long stay.

A woman tends to lentil soup at a municipal soup kitchen in Gaziantep, Turkey. On the first day after the quake, the kitchen's director says they distributed soup to more than 200,000 people.

Lentil soup comes to the rescue in quake-ravaged Turkey

It's a supersoup during this humanitarian crisis. Easy to make, it warms the displaced, fuels rescue crews and comforts residents traumatized by the disaster.

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