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Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games in history. It was invented by a woman, who for a long time didn't get credit for her idea. What else is hidden in the game's history? Find out here.

Uvalde, Texas, a town with a rich history marked by struggle, now faces the daunting task of trying to heal after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America has been adapted into an HBO drama. It imagines the anti-Semitic hero Charles Lindbergh winning the United States presidency in 1940.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Kai Thomas about his debut novel In the Upper Country and exploring the Underground Railroad's little-known history in a community of free Black people in Canada.

As Netflix and Paramount continue their battle over Warner Brothers Discovery, we take a look back at the company's history of messy corporate marriages and divorces.

An oral history of the atomic bomb detonations 80 years ago leads this week's list of publishing highlights, which also includes a handful of novels by authors including Louis Sachar and Jason Mott.

The 21-year-old suspect made music videos about shootings, and apparently posted thousands of times to a message board dedicated to sharing graphic photos and videos of violence.

James McBride's The Good Lord Bird follows 10-year-old ex-slave Henry, known as "the Onion," as he travels with abolitionist John Brown.

History is made as the first all-female referee team officiates the World Cup match between Costa Rica and Germany.

Families of Japanese-Americans interned in a camp in Colorado are working with survivors of the state's worst massacre of Native Americans, which happened in the same area, to heal and educate.