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Justin Torres has won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel Blackouts.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Regina Barber and Aaron Scott of Short Wave about a black hole nearly as old as the universe, how pollution plagues sea turtles, and a simple fix to cut blood pressure.

Since the start of the war, Gaza's only lifeline to the world has been its crossing with Egypt, where Egyptian truck drivers ferry needed aid to Gaza's besieged population on the other side.

A fatal incident on the ice during a professional hockey game in the UK led to an arrest this week, and raises questions about the line between a terrible accident and a criminal act.

Threats against Jews, Arabs and Muslims have risen since the Israel-Hamas war started. DOJ says it's protect those communities, but Arab and Muslim groups say their voices aren't being heard.

Fiction writers like George R.R. Martin and Jonathan Franzen are suing OpenAI for using their books to train ChatGPT. That lawsuit could paradoxically benefit the company being sued.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Ben Westhoff, author of Fentanyl, Inc., about President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's agreement to curb fentanyl precursor chemical production in China.

The U.S. Education Department has a new plan to help the nearly 7 million federal student loan borrowers who are in default rehabilitate their loans. But the clock is ticking.

A House Ethics Committee report comes as some House Republicans want the scandal-plagued congressman booted. Two people who worked for Santos's campaign have pleaded guilty to federal crimes.

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.