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When the bell rings, it's reading time. At over 70 chapters around the world, people gather at Silent Book Clubs to read whatever they like, as long as it's in silence.

Timothy C. Winegard has written a well-researched work of narrative nonfiction that offers a history of the world through the role that mosquitoes — and mosquito-borne illnesses — have played in it.

Following the March attack on two mosques in Christchurch, officials banned a range of guns. Thousands have been turned in to police.

Scientists discovered that a medication used to treat parasites in horses can fight deadly staph infections. It's a promising new approach to solving the problem of antibiotic resistance.

Voters elected conservative candidate and former prison director Alejandro Giammattei to lead the country. It was his fourth bid for the presidency. He faces poverty and Washington threats.

Note: this story celebrates one of the artists in WUGA's 5 year Artist in Residence series which concluded in 2019.Abner Cope is WUGA's Artist in…

Forecasters are warning of scorching heat across a wide stretch of the U.S. South and Midwest, where it will feel as high as 115 degrees (46 degrees…

In Southeastern Australia, a troop of marsupials is giving new meaning to the word "frolic."

Authorities say Ethan Kollie did not help plan the massacre but that he allegedly bought and hid items the gunman used in the shooting.

NPR's David Greene talks to author Tom Bower about financier Jeffrey Epstein's longtime friend Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of helping him run his alleged sex trafficking ring.