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California voters will see a pair of dueling initiatives to legalize sports betting in the state. The campaign has sparked historic spending from tribal gaming groups and national betting companies.

Author Brad Meltzer has a confession: He loves Stephenie Meyer's girlie vampire series, and he's tired of living in a world where the books are considered "just for women."

Kirstin Downey's biography of FDR's Labor Secretary Frances Perkins paints an inspiring and substantive portrait of the woman who ushered in the 40-hour work week.

It was 10 years ago that a white supremacist opened fire at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek. Seven people died. A decade later, hate crimes against Sikhs and other South Asians are on the rise.

Harry Markopolos spent nearly a decade on Bernard Madoff's trail. He says his efforts to alert securities regulators about Madoff's schemes were repeatedly ignored. In a new book, he details how the Securities and Exchange Commission still lacks the tools for the job.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown. And that makes Bill Kelso — the man who excavated the site — one very happy archaeologist.

A wrongful murder conviction forced Woodfox to spend 43 years and 10 months in solitary confinement at Louisiana's Angola Prison. He has died at the age of 75.

Alex Chadwick speaks with Slate contributor Emily Bazelon about whether 13 is the appropriate age for the Jewish coming-of-age ceremonies known as Bar or Baht Mitzvahs. She reviews a new book examines the ancient ceremony, Thirteen and a Day: The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Across America.

A ruling from Egypt's highest court Thursday morning will allow former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq to remain on the ballot for the upcoming presidential run-off. Troops are deployed around the Supreme Court building in anticipation of protests against the ruling. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks to Audie Cornish for more.

The GI bill has helped generations of veterans get an education and easy home loans. But that benefit has never really been available to Native Americans living on tribal land.