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Arab leaders at a Cairo summit failed to agree on a way to contain the violence between Israel and Hamas or resolve the Palestinian quest for statehood.

"Let Us Descend" tells the story of a young enslaved woman before the Civil War. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Jesmyn Ward about the new book, which she modeled after Dante's "Inferno."

Citizens of Kfar Aza are living in a hotel after Hamas attacked the community on October 7, killing more than 50 residents.

Five popular toys have never made it into the Toy Hall of Fame but at least one of those wrongs will be righted this year in a special contest open to the public.

India's Supreme Court refused a bid to make same-sex marriage legal. The decision shocked millions in the LGBTQ community there.

The University of Exeter will offer a master's degree in magic and occult science. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Exeter Prof. Sajjad Rizvi about the new program.

Music students in public schools often play with bad or broken instruments, so one group in New York set out to fix that.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks researcher Kimberly Bertrand about hair relaxers containing formaldehyde and moves by the FDA to ban them.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad about the leadership of and divisions within Palestinian political factions.

Colombian artist Feid recently became the first artist to sell out Puerto Rico's 'El Choliseo' arena in an hour or less. It's just one example of how he has reached a new level of global stardom.