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Heart the Lover is both a prequel and a sequel to King's 2020 novel Lovers & Writers. It's a story about screwing up, wising up, finding yourself and realizing what you may have lost in the process.

Another series of U.S. strikes on Iran after two U.S. service members were killed during an Iranian ballistic and drone attack in Jordan.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would take control over the board of a special governing district Walt Disney World operates in Florida under a bill introduced Monday.

Many cities opened streets for pedestrians during the pandemic, temporarily making way for outdoor dining and strolling in new places. Cars won't return to some of them.

Attacks continue against U.S.-led forces in Iraq, injuring American troops in Kirkuk and Baghdad. British forces use tear gas to control a riot in Basra, where protesters decry shortages of water and other necessities. And the FBI takes over a probe of the deadly bombing of Jordan's embassy in Baghdad. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and NPR's Ivan Watson.

Journalist Mark Jacobson and his wife Nancy of Brooklyn, New York, thought a three-month trek around the world might remedy a serious case of teenage alienation and addiction to pop culture. Jacobson relates their travels to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, India, Jordan, Israel, France, and England in the book, 12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time. Jon Kalish reports. (Publisher: Canongate Books, ISBN: 0871138522)

Leaders of the world's top economic democracies meet in Sea Island, Ga., for the annual Group of Eight summit on global economic and political issues. Leaders from Jordan, Bahrain and Iraq's new interim government are also attending the event. Issues surrounding Iraq's future and democratic reform in the Mideast are expected to fill the agenda. Hear NPR's Jim Zarroli.

Jordan Cook, a.k.a. Reignwolf, makes enough noise in this fiery rendition of "In the Dark" to match a dozen metalheads.

Police say Jordan Toner of Maine was driving with seven passengers when he attempted a selfie. Several people suffered non life threatening injuries when the car struck a tree.

Archaeologists in Jordan's Black Desert found the burnt remains of bread, baked more than 14,000 years ago. It proves people were making bread far earlier than originally known.