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Author Colleen Hoover signs her novel, "It Starts with Us."

Author Colleen Hoover went from tending cows to writing bestsellers

The top-selling author in the country right now is a 42-year-old mom and former social worker who lives in the same small Texas town where she's spent practically her entire life.

Mississippi River Basin adapts as climate change brings extreme rain and flooding

Climate change-fueled hurricanes and sea-level rise get a lot of attention, but Mississippi River Basin communities also are experiencing the effects of global warming.

Democrat Pat Ryan speaks during a campaign rally Monday in Kingston, N.Y., before defeating Republican Marc Molinaro in Tuesday's special election for New York's 19th Congressional District. Ryan had stressed abortion rights on the trail.

Tuesday brought more evidence abortion rights could help Democrats in November

Abortion rights once again appeared to be a key motivator for Democratic voters — plus three other takeaways from primaries in New York and Florida.

A writing desk at one of Pablo Neruda's homes, now a museum, in Isla Negra, Chile, on Aug. 31. The museum attracts a steady stream of visitors, despite recent denunciations of the Chilean poet, who died in 1973.

He's known as Chile's greatest poet, but feminists say Pablo Neruda is canceled

"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.

FX's limited series revival <em>Justified: City Primeval </em>offers the return of a beloved character — Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant). But that alone isn't enough. We take a look back at reboots that worked ... and those that didn't.

TV reboots have to answer one question: Why now? Just look at 'Justified'

FX's limited series revival Justified: City Primeval offers the nostalgic return of a beloved character. But that alone isn't enough. We take a look back at reboots that worked, and those that didn't.

Author Ann Patchett on writing about family secrets in new novel 'Tom Lake'

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Ann Patchett on her latest novel Tom Lake, which tackles family, maternal love and the secrets a mother may choose not to share with her children.

At the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, staff members Tyrone Clifford (left) and Rick Andrews (right) demonstrate how a contingency management visit typically begins, with a participant picking up a specimen cup for a urine sample. If the sample tests negative for meth or cocaine use, the participant has an incentive dollar amount added to their "bank" which can later be traded for a gift card.

To Combat Meth, California Will Try A Bold Treatment: Pay Drug Users To Stop Using

Fatal drug overdoses, including from meth, have soared. California is preparing to roll out a controversial but proven treatment that involves paying stimulant users small sums of money not to use.

Author Ann Patchett on writing about family secrets in her novel 'Tom Lake'

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Ann Patchett on her latest novel Tom Lake, which tackles family, maternal love and the secrets a mother may choose not to share with her children.

She paid her husband's hospital bill. A year after his death, they wanted more money

Eloise Reynolds encountered a perplexing reality in medical billing: Providers can come after patients for more money well after a bill has been paid.

Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, seen here in an interview on MSNBC, alleged there was a hostile environment riven by sexism and antisemitism when she worked on Tucker Carlson's show.

Fox pays $12 million to resolve suit alleging bias at Tucker Carlson's show

Ex-producer Abby Grossberg alleged Tucker Carlson created a workplace defined by bigotry and sexism. Her case factored into Carlson's ouster from Fox News and the settlement of another major lawsuit.

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