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Dylan Thuras, co-author of a new book, takes NPR to a piece of lost subway grandeur, a room of well-groomed dirt and a sonic secret in the middle of Times Square.

Michael Hainey was 6 years old when he was told his father had died after "visiting friends." As he grew up, he began to suspect that the phrase was a euphemism.

In Amity Gaige's new novel, Eric Kennedy, aka East German immigrant Erik Schroder, reveals his true identity to his ex-wife and explains why he kidnapped his own 6-year-old daughter.

After maintaining innocence for nearly five years, the pop star acknowledged failing to pay about $15.8 million in taxes. She will receive a suspended three-year sentence and a fine of $7.6 million.

The U.S. unemployment rate surged far higher and has remained higher than in other major industrial countries. It's now at 9.6 percent. The big shift came when American companies cut workers more aggressively than foreign firms in the face of the financial crisis.

A week of rallying will end with a speech from the presidential nominee herself, Kamala Harris.

Marijuana laws have been liberalized in more than a dozen states, and in California, medical marijuana dispensaries are common. But that doesn't mean pot use is on the rise. According to government data, Americans who admit to using pot have been at about 6 percent since 2002.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) after the Supreme Court rejected state attempts to remove Donald Trump from presidential primary ballots over his role in the Jan. 6 attack.

The latest ballot count now includes early votes cast between Halloween and Election Day and some absentee ballots.

Nearly 80 million people are expected to travel for Thanksgiving, according to AAA, thanks in part to lower gas prices. Meanwhile, winter weather could make travel messy in some areas.