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Given time, even stubborn people can change their ways. It took 13 years and her son's imminent enrollment in kindergarten to change commentator Julie Zickefoose's outlook on owning a dog. Zickefoose, a writer and naturalist, lives in rural Whipple, Ohio.

African-American philosopher Cornel West's new book laments the decline of "prophetic" black leadership, lifting up examples of people who were willing to risk their lives in the service of the truth.

Three days of public mourning began Monday for Rosalynn Carter. The former First Lady died this month following a dementia diagnosis. Scores of people turned out Monday at the Carter Center.

Dealing with rude, angry people is not fun. But when fictional, these unpleasant personalities can actually be quite charming. Author Ben Dolnick recommends three books and three central characters that'll have you flipping the page faster than you'd flip them the bird.

New Englanders are expecting treacherous roads and power outages. Southern New England and the coastline will get mostly rain, and maybe a few inches of snow, with most snow further north.

Police in Austin say the stabbing of a Palestinian American man there is being considered a hate crime. It's the latest in a series of attacks on Palestinian Americans in this country.

Melissa Block reads emails from listeners about the U.S. importing foreign doctors and corrects the name of a victim we misidentified in a follow-up to the investigation surrounding ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner.

For years, Wyoming has had one of the highest suicide rates and one of the highest gun ownership rates in the United States. But until recently, it was taboo to draw a link between those two things.

Also: The erotic writings of John Donne; Randi Zuckerberg gets a two-book deal; and the whimsical world of book sculpting.

The investigation, prompted by the discovery of top-secret papers found at Mar-a-Lago, is at an early stage, a source told NPR.