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Author Joe Ide, a Japanese American, always felt like an outsider growing up in a primarily African-American neighborhood. But he found solace in Sherlock Holmes stories.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mary Childs, one of the hosts of NPR's Planet Money, about her new book The Bond King, which tells the story of a notorious financial investor.

Widespread allegations of rape at the hands of Russian soldiers have been coming out of Ukraine. Experts say rape in conflict is often used to pursue strategic aims.

To control inflation during WWII, the U.S. government resorted to wide-ranging price controls. Their unintended consequences might explain why today's policymakers are reluctant to try it again.

The royal family has decided to leave the 105-carat gem out of this weekend's coronation ceremony. The Kohinoor has become a focus of anti-colonial anger. India wants it back.

After a record number of deaths in Philadelphia last year, one anti-violence poster offered residents a gritty look at what was going on in their community. But not everyone in city government was pleased with the pictures against crime. Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Monica Yant Kinney and designer Frank Baseman talk about the anti-violence posters.

From double-masking to getting a tighter seal, these suggestions and simple at-home hacks can make your mask a better barrier against the surging delta variant.

Some animals live longer than they should for their size. Some have shorter lives. And others don't appear to age at all.

Asked if he saw anything on police body camera footage that would justify putting a knee on George Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, Lt. Richard Zimmerman said, "No, I did not."

Scott Carlson, a writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education, says COVID-19 has strained the finances of some colleges: "Over the next year or two, we will start to see these colleges fall away."