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The late Peter Matthiessen's last novel follows a fractious group of attendees at an Auschwitz memorial conference as they bear witness to one of history's greatest atrocities.

In fiction, Charlotte Rogan explores a shipwreck, while Thomas Mallon revisits Watergate. In nonfiction, Laurent Dubois considers Haiti afresh; Lawrence Krauss reinterprets the universe; and Alain de Botton finds value in religion for atheists.

Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history. He was 80.

In one half inning, batters got to first base without touching the ball in four different ways. That's not happened in major league history in over 2 million half innings.

History buffs and tourists get a chance to go 2,300 feet underground to visit a historic mine in Minnesota.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mark K. Updegrove, presidential historian for ABC News, about the historical significance of a guilty verdict for a former president of the United States.

While the office of vice president is the second-highest position in the government, making it to the Oval Office has historically been a leap.

The awards, which come with a $50K purse, have helped launch the writing careers of many now well-known authors, including Colson Whitehead, Ocean Vuong, Alice McDermott and Jia Tolentino.

The RNC will adapt a platform that includes a chapter with two pillars: “Sealing the border and stopping the migrant invasion and Carrying out the largest deportation operation in America History.”

The NBA finals kick off Thursday night. It's the first time the Denver Nuggets have made it to the league championship in the franchise's 47-year NBA history. Denver is stoked.