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New on the shelves this week: An obit writer writes — and drunkenly publishes — his own obituary. A Hungarian teen stumbles into adulthood. And geriatric sleuth Vera Wong returns.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Sue Mi Terry of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about reports that North Korea's envoy to the U.S. has been executed in a sweeping purge.

Arizona's largest hospital system is nearing ICU bed capacity as coronavirus cases surge. Will Humble, the state's ex-health chief, urges a new executive order requiring Arizonans to wear face masks.

The committee is expected to refer former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department on at least three criminal charges: the crime of insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Rescue crews pulled more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings despite diminishing hopes as the death toll of the quake in Turkey and Syria surpassed 28,000.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sat with Morning Edition to discuss the president's approach to migrant arrivals and where he feels the strategy has worked.

We asked people to send us their personal soundtracks — songs that are special to them — and to tell us why. The songs — and the stories — are surprisingly revealing.

The U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal regulatory…

The mark set Friday by Texas, with its 38 electoral votes, also comes on the last day of early voting in the state. Texas, once a reliably red state, is seen as a "toss-up" heading into Election Day.

In Oregon's 5th Congressional District, centrist incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader, who had President Biden's backing, lost to his more progressive opponent, Jamie McLeod-Skinner.

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and we're looking back at albums that changed the game. Today, it's the group that took a shoestring DIY approach to creating horrorcore: Three 6 Mafia.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Stony Brook University professor of economics Stephanie Kelton about some potential benefits of the nation's $34 trillion of debt.