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Scott Simon speaks to author Mario Vargas Llosa about his new novel, "Harsh Times." It's set in the 1950s, around the events of the CIA-backed coup to overthrow Guatemala's government.

Based on Lee Child's best-selling novel, this eight-part series by Amazon Prime Video features Alan Ritchson as an ex-military policeman on the hunt for a murderer in small-town Georgia.

Nicole Ogrysko <"oh-GRIS-coh"> of Maine Public Radio reports on loggers in the Maine woods who have been squeezed by high prices for diesel and equipment.

Talking about death makes many of us uncomfortable. NPR's Life Kit offers tips for starting an advance directive to prepare for a good death. (Story aired on All Things Considered on July, 12, 2020.)

Britain leads Europe in two minutes of silence for the 53 people killed in last Thursday's attacks on London's transportation system. Traffic and business came to a halt -- along with subways and rail lines. Last week's attacks are seen as suicide bombings -- the first in Western Europe.

Randy Weaver, who was at the center of a standoff with federal agents decades ago that continues to inspire antigovernment and paramilitary sentiment on the far right, has died at age 74.

We have the latest on the Golden State Warriors and Washington Capitals' wins.

A New York state board rejects a proposed stadium on Manhattan's West Side, which supporters believe severely weakens the city's chances of hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics. Andrea Bernstein of NPR station WNYC says the sports facility was to serve as the centerpiece of New York's Olympic bid.

Despite a discredited election review and false claims about the 2020 election, this year's primary, coming up on Tuesday, isn't all that different in Arizona's biggest county.

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows that big numbers of Americans believe incorrectly that "most" of the fentanyl entering the U.S. is smuggled by migrants. It's not the only misleading claim getting traction.