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Marguerite Duras' never-before-translated debut novel The Impudent Ones, first published in 1943, isn't a pleasant read — but it is a signpost to what she would later achieve with The Lover.

The young, late-comer to opera is turning heads in the classical world with a powerful voice that can rocket over huge orchestras or pare down to a silvery thread.

Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey is speaking up about when he was banned from working on certain policies due to his ethnicity. Now, he is pushing for measures to diversify the State Department.

The Bank of England unveiled the new £50 note on Thursday, nearly two years after saying it would honor the pioneering mathematician who died an outcast because of his homosexuality.

Diets often fail in the long term because they're too strict or require unnatural eating habits. In a new book, Barry Estabrook turns to science and history to find a weight-loss regimen that works.

Texas Republican lawmakers are considering a number of voting restrictions. Some seem to target diverse Houston, which got creative in expanding voting access last year.

The Olympic torch took off on its trip around Japan Thursday, leaving from Fukushima. Its first few days are meant to showcase remarkable clean-up after the disasters there 10 years ago.

Miami Beach's mayor has ordered a curfew to try to stem a crush of spring breakers and limit the spread of the coronavirus. Business owners say the order is cutting into their bottom lines.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo about steel and aluminum tariffs and the trade war with China that the Biden administration has inherited.

Best known in the U.S. for his jazz film Round Midnight, Tavernier directed some 40 features and documentaries. He was also a noted film historian who wrote a book about American cinema.