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NBC's announcement that it would create an American version of the hit British TV show sounded like a desperate move. But today, the program shines, partly because of actor B.J. Novak, who plays the character Ryan Howard.

It's been one year since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at the Robb Elementary school. The shooting left 17 others injured.

There’s a new website to help California voters understand their rights and counter misinformation. A state senator who represents part of Ventura County…

An ambitious project at a South Coast university is trying to help us learn more about African American history, through an online read-a-thon featuring a…

Until recently, the only surgical solution to a common lower-back pain condition known as Degenerative Disc Disease was a procedure called spinal fusion. But Dallas surgeons are pioneering in the U.S. a procedure that replaces a patient's damaged disc entirely with an artificial insert.

On this Fourth of July, NPR presents our annual reading of the Declaration of Independence. Read the original text alongside photos of the NPR staff members who performed the reading.

The latest musical sensation from Europe, Ayo Ogunmakin performs songs from her new album, Joyful, and talks about her plans to take the music world by storm. The album has already gone double-platinum in France.

In his new novel, The Garden of Last Days, Andre Dubus III imagines the stripper who danced for the terrorists before Sept. 11. The author is best known for House of Sand and Fog, a National Book Award finalist in 1999.

Best known for his novel The Confessions of Max Tivoli, Andrew Sean Greer explores the hidden secrets of one suburban, 1950s couple in his new book, The Story of a Marriage.

Set in Poland on the brink of World War II, The Spies of Warsaw follows a French military attache attempting to uncover Nazi secrets. The book is Alan Furst's 10th historical spy novel.