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There are countless biographies of Ernest Hemingway, but none of his beloved fishing boat, Pilar. A new book by Paul Hendrickson looks at the great writer's relationship with the boat.

The presidential campaign of Rick Santorum is fuming over a decision by Michigan's Republican Party to give both the state's at-large delegates to state-wide winner Mitt Romney. Earlier guidance from the state party suggested that the two delegates would be allocated proportionally.

The NFL has fined Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper $300,000 for tossing a drink at fans in Florida toward the end of a game on Sunday.

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a relatively new literary award given to women and nonbinary authors. This year's winner is V.V. Ganeshananthan for her book Brotherless Night.

The U.S. has an oversupply of hops as the result of a record harvest in 2021, lingering effects from the pandemic and a dip in demand for craft beer. What else can hops be used for, if anything?

"Iran is so strong," Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee tells NPR, and "the consequences would be devastating for [Israel] and maybe for whoever helped them. ... There are wise enough people around the world to tell them not to do such a crazy thing."

'Tis the season for spending time with the ones we love. Here's a collection of the Jazz Night team's favorite holiday music, including timeless classics and a few brand-new bops.

In the semi-final games on Monday, the Michigan Wolverines defeated Alabama's Crimson Tide in overtime, and the Washington Huskies beat the Texas Longhorns. Michigan and Washington are undefeated.

Sixty-one years ago Dwight was an astronaut candidate. Sunday, along with five others, he made the trip on a rocket owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — making him the oldest person to go to space.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.