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New books this week: 'Hunger Games' is back, and young people navigate a new Tanzania

This week brings a number of promising new reads — but none more eagerly awaited than Sunrise on the Reaping. We offer 5 books to consider picking up.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 8:13 pm

Last of the classified JFK assassination files to be released Tuesday

About 80,000 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy are expected to be released, but presidential historians don't expect any bombshell revelations.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 7:54 pm

New 'Hunger Games' prequel asks: How well do we really know our history?

Sunrise on the Reaping recounts the 50th annual Hunger Games, telling the story of Haymitch Abernathy. It's themes and events conjure images of today's U.S. political climate.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 5:10 pm

Fast-er food: A productivity surge at U.S. restaurants

A new study finds that after decades of stagnation, fast-food and other restaurants finally saw a surge in productivity.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 5:00 pm

Trump tests executive power. And, hundreds killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

A federal judge is requesting the DOJ give a sworn declaration about deportations over the weekend. And, Israel launched surprise airstrikes in Gaza early Tuesday, killing over 400.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 4:31 pm

At 83, Martha Stewart celebrates gardening with her 101st book

Martha Stewart talks gardening, wanting to be "one of the girls" and her 101st book with NPR Morning Edition host Michel Martin.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 4:00 pm

In the Missouri Ozarks, residents struggle to rebuild after tornadoes

Twisters that tore through Union County, Missouri killed 6 people. One couple survived against incomprehensible odds in a trailer obliterated by the storm.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 3:00 pm

'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 3:00 pm

This is why Canada has plenty of eggs — and the U.S. doesn't

While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 3:00 pm

Trump says he's ending Secret Service protection for Biden's adult children

President Trump said he was ending "immediately" the Secret Service protection details assigned to Democrat Joe Biden's adult children.

Read More 18 March 2025 | 11:23 am

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