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Finalists for a leading annual literary award were announced Wednesday. The Kirkus Prize awards $50,000 to writers working in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers' Literature.

Voters turned out at a rate not seen in decades. Polls showed the left-wing coalition New Popular Front gaining a majority of seats in parliament with the far-right National Rally in third place.

More than a dozen people have been killed and more than 160 others injured in a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Indonesian tourist spot Lombok island and surrounding areas, officials say.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement paves the way for a new generation of Democratic lawmakers to fill the leadership ranks.

Harbaugh joins the Giants 11 days after he was fired by the Baltimore Ravens. The Super Bowl champion is now tasked with turning around a beleaguered franchise.

President Trump says there’s a good chance of a deal with Iran to end the war, but a former top diplomat says, "Unfortunately, we are in for war for some time to come."

New on the shelves this week: An obit writer writes — and drunkenly publishes — his own obituary. A Hungarian teen stumbles into adulthood. And geriatric sleuth Vera Wong returns.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with National Security Agency head Gen. Paul Nakasone and FBI Director Christopher Wray at an international conference on Cybersecurity at New York's Fordham University.

Elizabeth Shuler, the first woman ever elected president of the labor federation, is pledging a massive organizing drive over the next decade, with a goal of adding 1 million new union members.

Gloria Gaynor scored one of the biggest hits of the disco era with "I Will Survive." NPR's A Martinez talks to Gaynor about a new documentary that tells the story of what came after her hit song.