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The Sympathizer author's memoir is cocky and riveting — self-consciously constructed as if written for a standup audience and serving as a generous, one-stop primer for his fiction and scholarly work.

Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map.

A quiet and reclusive elderly lady died in the British coastal town of Torquay the other day. She had no known relatives and no friends, so local authorities entered her home. They found papers and medals that revealed that she was far from the typical pensioner. Eileen Nearne -- aka Agent Rose, one of only a few dozen female spies dispatched by Britain into occupied France in World War II to work with the French Resistance.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to activist Misti Allison of East Palestine, Ohio, about what's happened in the year since the fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals.

The book focuses on a single family and how the horrors playing out around them affect their destiny, while also exploring issues of choice, resistance, helplessness and hope.

A new study counts the human health costs from increasingly costly and dangerous extreme weather in the U.S.

The first Sunday at the Paris Olympics have been filled with intrigue and drama. American gymnast Simone Biles hurt leg during qualifications, Canada's soccer team got another black eye and swimming has awarded more medals.

Power was out for more than 2 million customers across the Southeast and southern Appalachia on Sunday. Residents in hard-hit western North Carolina and Georgia faced water outages.

Police said they recovered Bill Stampfl's body from the mountain where he was buried by the avalanche in 2002, when the 58-year-old was climbing with two friends who were also killed.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with energy expert Michael Webber about how utilities can manage extreme weather events like Hurricane Beryl.