Lifting the curtain on the conclave with author Robert Harris
As the world waits for the papal conclave to get underway, Scott Detrow speaks with Robert Harris, the author who dramatized the process in the book Conclave.
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'James' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
Why the REAL ID law took so long to be enforced — and how it'll affect travelers
May 7 is the day TSA will start requiring IDs that are compliant with the Real ID law. A look at why the 20-year-old law is just now being enforced, and how it will affect Americans and noncitizens.
Fast-moving Eta Aquarid meteor shower to light up the predawn sky
The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower is set to peak early on May 6 and will be viewable in the dark predawn skies.
The issues that are front of mind for cardinals as they prepare for the conclave
As the papal conclave is approaching, who are the cardinal electors who will decide on the next pope? And what are their priorities?
Minor infractions lead to big problems for international students
After weeks of confusion, the Trump administration confirmed that it terminated visa records for thousands of international students because of past brushes with law enforcement, many of them minor.
It's last call for Skype as the once-popular video calling app shuts down
Microsoft has announced that the pioneering online video calling service that's been around for more than two decades will go offline on Monday.
The best 6 TV performances I've seen so far this year
NPR TV critic Eric Deggans picks his favorite performances of 2025 thus far, including Noah Wyle in The Pitt, Catherine O'Hara in The Last of Us and The Studio, and Carrie Coon in The White Lotus.
Supermarket displays of oranges will never look the same after reading 'Foreign Fruit'
In her new hybrid memoir, Katie Goh unravels the multitudes citrus fruit contains, in lockstep with mythologies of colonialism, inheritance and identity.
1 show, 26 characters: Sarah Snook shares the stage with herself in 'Dorian Gray'
Snook, who played Shiv Roy on Succession, was just nominated for a Tony for playing all the characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway. "I don't know what comes after this," she says.