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Summer's lease hath all too short a date, so better get your reading on! NPR staffers share some recommendations from our "Books We Love" list.

The state health official who led Michigan's efforts to build work requirements into Medicaid says other states will soon be learning some very lessons about what is involved and how much it costs.

Next week marks 80 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Garrett Graff about his book "The Devil Reached Toward The Sky," which recounts the bomb's creation.

Hargitay recounts seeking out the truth behind her bombshell mom, Jayne Mansfield. Ken Tucker offers and appreciation of George Clinton. Maron talks about the decision to end his WTF podcast.

Today in 1923, the first car ferry service began across the Straits of Mackinac, with the wooden ferry Ariel carrying three cars on its inaugural voyage. The service operated until the Mackinac Bridge opened in 1957. Also today in 1932, Eddie Tolan, a Black American sprinter from Detroit, became the first non-European to be named “The World’s Fastest Human” by winning gold in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes at the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a defendant convicted of criminal sexual conduct because the jury that convicted him was never sworn in.

Dr. Seema Jilani is a pediatrician who has been providing medical care to children in Gaza.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said today it will start winding down its operations after it lost federal funding.

Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez's playing came to define Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched conjunto sound all over the world and across genres.

Today 16 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in support of children's hospitals and doctors that have provided gender-affirming care for minors, contending the Trump administration has acted illegally in pressuring doctors and children's hospitals to stop.