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Jillian Cantor's new YA novel lifts some of the elements of Jane Austen's classic — like character names — wholesale. But you'll enjoy it more if you don't expect the plot to follow exactly.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer about the role Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, played in the lead up to the attack on the Capitol.

Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's offensive in Gaza, there has been fighting on Israel's northern border too, where Hezbollah and Iran are eager to avoid all-out war.

Coach Beard goes out on his own after the Manchester City game, and he winds up spending a long night just trying to find his way back to where he started.

Also: Viral video shows Rutgers basketball coach abusing, insulting players; investigation continues in killings of Texas prosecutors; heaviest strikes since truce in Israel, Gaza; and Jane Henson, Muppets collaborator, dies.

Two poets, married to one another, coming to grips with illness and mortality: DONALD HALL and JANE KENYON. HALL's new memoir of life on his New Hamphire farm and his "absorbedness" with writing are the subject of his new book "Life Work" (Beacon . Halfway through its completion, HALL was diagnosed with liver cancer; the following surgery and recovery provided rich material for his work and KENYON's: a new book of poems entitled "Constance" (Graywolf

Jane Ruseski of Morgantown, W.V., plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Fonda was born into Hollywood royalty as the son of Henry Fonda and brother of Jane Fonda. His 1969 classic, Easy Rider, earned him an Oscar nomination.

In her "Fancy Nancy" books, Jane O'Connor created a world she was very familiar with as a little girl. When company arrived at her home, O'Connor would throw on a tutu, a cape and her mother's high heels, looking "appropriately elegant" to greet her guests.

Listener Jane Babbitt of Camden, Maine, plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Ayesha Rascoe.