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Jennie Pu, New Jersey’s librarian of the year, talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about new estimates on the number of book bans happening across the country, and what's being done to offset them.

A big portion – $106.4 million – will go towards replacing the 60-year-old Tustumena, seen here in Sand Point in June 2024, that serves the Aleutian Islands. The price tag for the project, called TRV for Tustumena Replacement Vessel, is over $315 million. The rest of the cost will come from federal money the state has already received. The ferry build is scheduled to be completed in 2027-28.

Morning Edition spoke to a couple of barbers about the trendy haircut with shaved sides and signature high-volume curly top that many young men are donning these days. Here's what we learned about it.

The Biden administration has proposed a prohibition on Chinese and Russian automotive hardware and software to protect US drivers from 'disruption and sabotage'

Life in Mexico City presents many challenges for people there, but getting a driver's license isn't one of them.

German Chancellor Scholz's liberal party narrowly beat the country's largest far-right party in a regional election seen as a litmus test for where politics are headed in Europe's biggest economy.

As attacks between Israel and Hezbollah escalate, fears mount over prospects for an all-out war. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Lina Khatib of the University of London.

The Israeli military is calling on residents of southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where Hezbollah stores weapons and said it was carrying out "extensive strikes."

World leaders meet at the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York -- in a week that is likely to be dominated by events in the Middle East.

The man being held for an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Ryan Routh, is in court Monday for a hearing on the conditions of his detention.