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On this day in 1904, Leopold Bloom wandered Dublin's streets in Joyce's novel Ulysses. Fans celebrate Bloomsday by walking in Bloom's footsteps. Because of COVID-19, the celebration is online.

What is the Six Day War and what does it mean for relations in the Middle East today?

In 1964, Robert Ostertag attended his first of 50 straight New York Mets home openers. That same day, Luke Gasparre began his job as an usher. The New York Times captured quite a moment Monday: Gasparre showed Ostertag to his seat in section 310.

Alan Cheuse reviews The Last Days of Publishing, by Tom Engelhardt, who is a former New York trade book editor. The novel, his first, is about the shift from privately owned publishing houses to media conglomerates.

Some sellers are not offering discounts this year because they are already dealing with higher costs.

The son of a military veteran convinces Hallmark to "care enough to send the very best."

in Russia, and the authorities are doing everything they possibly can to get reluctant Russians to pay what they owe.

Throughout the country, immigrants are being urged to boycott work, school and shopping Monday. The nationwide effort is called "A Day Without Immigrants." It's intended to draw attention to the importance of immigrants in American life. But not all immigrant groups support the action.

NPR's David Greene talks to Brown University professor Corey Brettschneider about the Senate impeachment trial, and the White House argument that the case made by Democrats is unconstitutional.

Both President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry take part in Memorial Day services to honor America's war dead. The president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery, while Kerry visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.