When a video game store closed in 1998, hundreds of unsealed Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis cartridges were stored and forgotten. Now, a collection of the top-graded items has been appraised.

In New York, the Adult Survivors Act opened a one year window for adult survivors of sexual assault to file civil suits past the statute of limitations. But that window closes next week.

Justin Torres has won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel Blackouts.

Harvard professor Jenny Hoffman ran from San Francisco to New York City to beat the world record for fastest woman to run across America.

Growing up, it felt like you were either the kid with all the American Girl dolls, or you knew the kid with all the American Girl dolls. A new book examines this cultural force.

The morning of the Hamas attack on Israel, Yair Golan — a former member of Israel's parliament and a major general in the country's military reserves — leapt into action.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jon Finer, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to the president, on how the United States feels about Israel's ground assault in Gaza.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Freyja Steingrímsdóttir, the communications director for the Icelandic Federation of Public Workers. The union helped organize a strike to protest gender inequality.

Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie has spent the last week in Israel counseling survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Etgar Keret about the role of fiction in times of war.

The Jewish settlement of Esh Kodesh was established in the occupied West Bank decades ago. Israel has since built more residential communities on the land Palestinians want for a country of their own.

On an army base south of Tel Aviv, the Israeli military is using DNA and dental imprints to identify victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

The Israeli military is using DNA and dental imprints to identify victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. NPR's Ari Shapiro visits an Israeli Army base south of Tel Aviv where this work is taking place.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Danielle Gershkovich, sister of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained by Russian security services more than six months ago.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Justin Torres on how Torres uncovered hidden queer history for his new novel 'Blackouts.'

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with graphic novelist Daniel Clowes about his much anticipated newest work, Monica.

NASA's Osiris-REx mission brought back asteroid samples untainted by Earth's atmosphere.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with author Jennifer Weiner about her latest novel The Breakaway. explores a woman's relationship with her body is influenced by society's rules and expectations.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with writer/director Emma Seligman about her new movie Bottoms.

The heat in the U.S. this summer has broken records, and this kind of summer might be the new normal. So what can the government do to help support those who can't afford to cool their homes?