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In our Weekend Reads series, NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Meg Medina about Isabel Quintero's novel, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. It's the story of a Mexican-American teenager struggling with her identity.

Teju Cole's new essay collection covers politics, poetry, music and even Snapchat. "I love to live things," he says — and he recommends Miles Davis as a cure for election season stress.

Everyone thought they were lost, but Jason Burt has found his grandfather's WWII Army Band recordings. It is the only known live music recordings near a battlefield.

Public health experts are getting increasingly concerned that new COVID-19 hot spots may be emerging, especially in Michigan.

Clashes between police and Occupy Wall Street protesters in Oakland, Calif., made news this week. But the violence has less to do with the Occupy movement than with the long history of law enforcement troubles in that city.

The House passed legislation Thursday to pause the refugee resettlement program. The legislation includes new requirements for the government agencies that are screening Syrian and Iraqi refugees.

Lance Rubin's new novel follows an aspiring young comedian as she navigates the rough waters of romance, improv and her father's failing health, with plenty of laughs to light the darker moments.

Los Angeles Times food columnist Lucas Kwan Peterson breaks down his "official" — and very biased — rating system that led him to rate 12 kinds of Girl Scout Cookies.

The former Minneapolis officer accused of killing George Floyd faces charges of second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The trial will begin with jury selection, which could take weeks.

In Selma, Ala., the reenactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scaled down because of COVID-19. It was also the first without civil rights icon John Lewis who died last year.