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Tess Gerritsen — a physician turned thriller writer — is the author of more than 15 thrillers. Her series about police detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles has been adapted into TV show, which debuts Monday on TNT. She recommends Ken Follett's Eye of the Needle.

French writer Annie Ernaux is the newest Nobel laureate in literature. She is widely admired in France and among those who love French feminist literature.

Leaded items are easy to find at antique shops, yard sales and discount stores. Second-hand products are hard to regulate, and consumers are often unaware of the risks the items pose to their health.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana about efforts to build more computer chips in the U.S.

Scientists are finding that Western wildfires can have far-reaching impacts. If they're burning while Central U.S. thunderstorms are forming, the rain and hail can be dramatically more destructive.

Once a powerful man in Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of three of seven charges in his second sex crimes trial. He is already serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York.

A building in Virginia that's believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children has been moved to a museum.

The Biden Administrations has cancelled Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to China, following the appearance of a Chinese surveillance balloon over the US.

Christopher Wray, President Trump's nominee to head the FBI, faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Wray pledged to lawmakers that he would be an independent leader of the FBI.

On Wednesday a government watchdog issued a report finding widespread failures with the government's "Fast and Furious" gun trafficking operation. On Thursday, the watchdog at the Justice Department, Inspector General Michael Horowitz, told a House panel that federal agents and prosecutors failed to protect public safety — and their bosses didn't pay enough attention.