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Eggers Blends Fact, Fiction of Sudanese 'Lost Boys'

The story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the tens of thousands of children refugees from the Sudanese civil war, is the basis for Dave Eggers' new novel, What Is the What. Eggers and Deng talk about their collaboration and the traumas the "Lost Boys" endured.

A Man and His Mitt: A Love Story

In a new anthology of baseball essays, sportswriter Stefan Fatsis celebrates his beloved, 31-year-old baseball glove. He talks to Robert Siegel about how he set out to find out about his mitt's history and what he learned along the way.

Alice Sebold's Dark Tale Moves To The Silver Screen

The author talks about her blockbuster novel, The Lovely Bones, which features a surprising device: its main character, a young girl who has been murdered, narrates the book from the afterlife. Sebold's book is the basis for a new film by director Peter Jackson.

Neil Heslin, father of 6-year-old Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, becomes emotional during his testimony during the trial for Alex Jones. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool)

Sandy Hook parents confront Alex Jones at trial, and how the First Amendment factors into defamation

Testimony continues Wednesday in the two week defamation trail of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Anthony Reed (left) and Christopher Bowles (right) show off Band-Aids they received for their monkeypox vaccine jabs at the Southern Decadence Health Hub in Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans, Sept. 6, 2022. (Shalina Chatlani/Gulf States Newsroom)

At New Orleans' Southern Decadence festival, health officials educate and vaccinate for monkeypox

The Southern Decadence festival in New Orleans attracted hundreds of thousands of people over this past Labor Day weekend. It's a celebratory event but the city also saw it as an opportunity to educate and vaccinate attendees about monkeypox.

Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss, former Georgia election worker, wipes her eyes as she testifies during the fourth hearing on the Jan. 6 investigation in the Cannon House Office Building on June 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence for almost a year related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, is presenting its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building during an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for President Joe Biden. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

'I felt very afraid,' recounts poll worker describing hostile voters at primary election

By one estimate, about a third of poll workers have quit since 2020, leading to a national shortage.

When Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as the first female Speaker of the House she said, "We have broken the marble ceiling. For our daughters and our granddaughters now the sky is the limit."

'Know Your Power' Charts Pelosi's Path To Congress

On Jan. 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi made history as the first female speaker of the House. She talks with Deborah Amos about her new book, Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters. Pelosi comes from a devoutly Democratic family, and she charts her journey from stay-at-home mom to politician.

Borough supports Kasilof River bridge study

The 50-year old bridge in Kasilof is highly trafficked, and the Alaska Department of Transportation is planning an engineering study of the bridge to see if it needs to be upgraded, or replaced. The borough assembly recently passed a resolution to support that study.

A tractor-trailer crashed in front of the Cooper Landing Brewing company yesterday morning.

Safeway-bound semitruck overturns in Cooper Landing

The trailer crashed around 2 a.m. on Jan. 4, halting traffic and taking out the Cooper Landing road sign.

Viola Davis just put the G in EGOT. She accepted the audio book, narration and storytelling recording award for <em>Finding Me</em> during the 65th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on Sunday, in Los Angeles.

Viola Davis achieves EGOT status with Grammy win

"I just EGOT!" the 57-year-old actor said after winning best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me, at the Grammys premiere ceremony on Sunday.

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