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In softcover fiction and nonfiction, Richard Ford tracks the fallout of two unlikely criminals robbing a bank, while Chris Pavone tells the story of a woman's transition from assassin to stay-at-home mom and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts explores Harlem's mythic and modern sides.

In New Jersey, Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell soundly defeated his colleague Democratic Rep. Steve Rothman in a nasty member versus member primary on Tuesday. Rothman and Pascrell arrived in Washington 16 years ago from neighboring districts.

The American Kennel Club has recognized a new breed, the Danish-Swedish Farm Dog.

NPR's Scott Simon recounts the toll of five years of political violence in the U.S.

Almost 60 years ago, Charles E. Williams opened a small store specializing in high-quality cookware, with the hopes of making French cooking more accessible to Americans. Today, Williams-Sonoma is an international name. He died Saturday at the age of 100.

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.

The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday.

At least 17 residents at an assisted living home in Atlanta died of COVID-19 this spring. It is the company's only home in Georgia in a Black neighborhood and the only one to suffer a severe outbreak.

13 Steps Down is the latest of 60 murder and suspense novels written by Ruth Rendell (some using the pseudonym Barbara Vine). She's also Baroness of Babergh, a member of Britain's House of Lords. She tells Debbie Elliott about her writing.

A selection of 25 deep, joyful, rewarding albums from every genre, out of every corner of the world, from the first six months months of 2014, picked by NPR Music.