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Laurie Halse Anderson's latest young adult novel, The Impossible Knife of Memory, follows 15-year-old Hayley and her dad, who suffers from PTSD after serving in Iraq. Anderson says the book draws on her own experience of growing up with a World War II veteran father who still struggles with his war memories.

Loosely structured as a stroll through New York City, Roger Rosenblatt's memoir includes playful, endearing anecdotes from his childhood in Gramercy Park. But critic Heller McAlpin notes that his rambling riffs and excruciatingly slow pace make it a difficult read.

After Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird, she became a recluse and lived with her sister, Alice, in Alabama. Reporter Marja Mills uses rich detail to provides glimpses into their twilight years.

Brandy Monk-Payton, a media and Black cultural studies scholar at Fordham University, talks with All Things Considered host Michel Martin about the ABC franchise and its record on race.

Much of Europe is in a deep freeze. Fresh snowfall in Germany has forced the closure of the country's biggest airport at Frankfort. And in Great Britain, travelers are stranded by the thousands as air and train travel has come to a standstill.

The new mobile app for live video streaming piggybacks off Twitter and is easy to use. Meerkat comes at a time when video is increasingly popular. But can the hype last?

Prosecutors said Crumbley and her husband ignored signs that their son, Ethan, was seriously troubled, bought him the gun he used and didn't take steps to prevent the 2021 Oxford High School shooting.

Jennifer Crumbley, mother of a Michigan school shooter, testifies in her trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter. She's accused of making a gun accessible that her son used in the 2021 shooting.

In a major First Amendment case, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the federal government's ability to combat what it sees as false, misleading or dangerous information online.

Russia marked a national day of mourning after the concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people. Four men have been charged in the attack.