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In his new novel, The Plot Against America, Philp Roth imagines a 1940's fascist America led by flying ace and staunch isolationist Charles Lindbergh. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Roth about his invented history.

For the first time in two decades, the U.S. has evidence of local transmission of malaria. Most of the cases occurred in Florida's Sarasota County, which has stepped up mosquito suppression efforts.

More than 200 emergency and medical workers have been killed since last October, Lebanon's health ministry says. Many believe Israel's military is targeting them in its war against Hezbollah.

The gold standard for transit subsidies is about to be taken by Dubai. On its Public Transport Day, Nov. 1, Dubai is giving away an array of prizes, including almost 9 pounds of gold.

A sportswriter and a former Michigan Wolverines football player imagine the college days of a nursery rhyme farmer in this quiz about animal mascots and the noises they make.

For millions of Americans, Dec. 23 is the last day to sign up for individual health plans to be assured of coverage Jan 1. That's the case in all 36 states that use the federal website healthcare-dot-gov.

The jury, which heard nearly three months of testimony in the case, deliberated for a day and a half before arriving at a decision. Holmes had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

In the early 20th century, many of England's workers awoke to the tap, tap, tap of their town's "knocker-up." In her children's book Mary Smith, Andrea U'Ren follows a day in the life of a knocker-up armed with a pea shooter.

The Day My Mother Left tells the story of a young boy whose mother leaves him — and how that experience stokes his love of art and nature. Author and artist James Prosek discusses the work, which is fiction but largely autobiographical.

There's good news for the Siberian tiger. A new survey by the Wildlife Conservation Society finds the population of the endangered species is more or less stable, at about 530 adults and cubs. That's not many, but it's about the same as 10 years ago.