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Helen Schulman splices together an old-school family drama with high-tech fantasy in her new novel, a rich, closely observed story about regrets and risk-taking in the Internet age.

Politically conservative Catholics criticize Francis for being pro-migrant, anti-capitalist and less rigid in doctrine than predecessors. The cleric sex abuse scandals have emboldened these critics.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks about the politicization of the Supreme Court and what it means for the credibility of the institution with South Texas College of Law Professor Josh Blackman.

A dance troupe is performing the story of a Vermont farm from spring to fall, told through reinterpretations of classical choreography.

But the kid has to have a plan. That's the lesson from a study of rural Chinese children whose parents have left the village to work in faraway cities.

Heavy rains in the Balkans add to the misery of migrants streaming through the region. Large numbers are held up at Croatia's border with Slovenia, where there is hardly any shelter for them.

Barred from legal work in Lebanon, Syrian refugees are accumulating huge debts as they struggle to pay for rent and other necessities.

A weakening commodities market, hindered largely by the slowdown in China, has hurt economies in Latin America, Africa and elsewhere.

In an interview, Cook reiterates his company's position that Apple will not create iPhone-cracking software for the FBI, as the government has ordered.

Days after adopting a name change, George Mason University has again renamed its law school. The first attempt to honor the late Antonin Scalia was ridiculed online.