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NPR's Scott Simon asks Tommy Orange about his new novel, "Wandering Stars." It is a sequel to his first, "There There," which was a Pulitzer finalist.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, it expected a quick fight, like its 2014 annexation of Crimea. Two years in, the war grinds on.

The South Carolina Republican primary is today. It is candidate Nikki Haley's home state, where she served as governor, and where she hopes to have an upset victory over former President Donald Trump.

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss baseball's new uniforms and more Messi mania.

A New York jury says National Rifle Association executives, including longtime head Wayne LaPierre, are liable for mismanagement.

Shoppers are still spending, just a little less freely than before as inflation remains higher than ideal and keeps interest rates similarly high.

Portugal cut drug deaths by 80%, using free health care and addiction treatment. The U.S., meanwhile, focused on drug busts and tough crime laws. Overdose deaths keep rising catastrophically.

Reverberations of the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn federal abortion protections are likely to figure into November's elections.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to math historian Glen Van Brummelen about his finding that the decimal point appeared in the 1440s, earlier than thought.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Stephen Walt, a foreign policy expert at Harvard University, about engaging abroad versus staying on the sidelines. It's a debate roiling American politics.