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Author and Oscar-winning screenwriter Larry McMurtry has died; he was a beloved but unsentimental chronicler of the American West whose works included Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture Show.

Shamir's new album, 'Heterosexuality,' confronts how the public viewed him back in 2014, when his debut single nearly made him a pop star at the age of 19.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Stephanie Carvin, an associate professor at Canada's Carleton University, about what the spreading trucker protests mean for the country's far-right movement.

The number of U.S. troops in Europe has shrunk dramatically since the end of the Cold War — but tensions with Russia since 2014 have prompted U.S. leaders to beef up numbers and move troops eastward.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with reporter Laura Chung of the Sydney Morning Herald on how eastern Australia is coping with the worst flooding in decades less than two years after devastating bush fires.

Harvard professor Randall Kennedy first published his thought-provoking book on the n-word 20 years ago.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado about the mass shooting in his district of Boulder.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the running for yet another term as votes are counted in Israel's fourth election in two years.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis about the mass shooting in Boulder on Monday.

Lebanese volunteers are trying to save one of the country's favorite beaches and the nesting places it provides for endangered sea turtles after a February oil spill from an oil tanker.