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A grieving man hired to kill invasive goats on a remote island finds out the job is much more than he bargained for: NPR's Scott Simon talks to Jonathan Miles about his new novel, "Eradication."

Leprosy is one of the least contagious diseases around — and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. The colonies are relics of a not-too-distant past when those diagnosed with leprosy were exiled.

The first season of The Pitt was about acute problems. The second is about chronic ones.

An ACL tear would keep almost any other athlete from competing -- but not Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old superstar skier who is determined to cap off an incredible comeback from retirement with one last shot at an Olympic medal.

The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.

A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.

Julia Loktev's documentary follows independent journalists covering the invasion of Ukraine. In Fear and Fury, historian Heather Ann Thompson revisits Bernhard Goetz's shooting of four Black teens.

Trump got elected promising to usher in a crypto revolution. More than a year later, bitcoin's price has come tumbling down. What happened?

The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.

NPR reporters at the Milan opening ceremony layered up and took notes.