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Benjamin Taylor, one of Roth's closest friends during the last decades of his life, has written a memoir that rekindles Roth's voice: brilliant, profane, and so very funny.

For the past 25 years, CBS radio correspondent Peter King has covered human launches from Florida -- including the last Space Shuttle launch in 2011. Later this month, SpaceX will launch two NASA astronauts atop a Falcon 9 rocket. It will be the first human launch in nearly a decade. We’ll talk with Peter about his experience covering astronaut launches from Kennedy Space Center.

Michael Arceneaux graduated from Howard University in 2007 with more than $100,000 of private student loan debt. He reflects on how that debt has shaped his life in a new book of essays.

The Southeast, Winter Garden, South Trail, North Orange and South Creek branches will open Monday for returns, grab-and-go services and one-hour computer use.

As the lockdown stretches on, we bring you three books that offer an escape to a time when people could gather — and fall in love — in a shop, at a book club, or even in an office.

Economic analyst Hank Fishkind is seeing some very early signs that the COVID-19 recession may be reaching its bottom, after US employment plummeted by a historic 20.2 million jobs in April. But he says any moves toward recovery will be slow and difficult.

Georgia's attorney general has asked the Justice Department to investigate the handling of a case in which an unarmed black man was shot to death in February. A white father and son were arrested.

Dr. Vivek Murthy tells NPR: "The reality is that loneliness is a natural signal that our body gives us, similar to hunger, thirst. And that's how important human connection is."

Elizabeth Acevedo's new novel in verse follows two sisters who don't know they're sisters and who discover each other and have to build a relationship when their father dies in a plane crash.

Watch this video to learn more about contact tracing, which public health figures say is critical to halting the coronavirus pandemic.