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The story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the tens of thousands of children refugees from the Sudanese civil war, is the basis for Dave Eggers' new novel, What Is the What. Eggers and Deng talk about their collaboration and the traumas the "Lost Boys" endured.

In a new anthology of baseball essays, sportswriter Stefan Fatsis celebrates his beloved, 31-year-old baseball glove. He talks to Robert Siegel about how he set out to find out about his mitt's history and what he learned along the way.

The author talks about her blockbuster novel, The Lovely Bones, which features a surprising device: its main character, a young girl who has been murdered, narrates the book from the afterlife. Sebold's book is the basis for a new film by director Peter Jackson.

The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency Public Housing Restoration Fund has awarded $14.5 million to four state public housing agencies for projects in eastern North Carolina.

Carteret County Emergency Services is closely monitoring the track of Hurricane Ian.

On Jan. 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi made history as the first female speaker of the House. She talks with Deborah Amos about her new book, Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters. Pelosi comes from a devoutly Democratic family, and she charts her journey from stay-at-home mom to politician.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol will be aggressively enforcing stop arm and other traffic violations in and around school zones and school bus stops.

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and its outlying fields will be busy this month with training events, and people in the area will notice an increase in military vehicles and in the sights and sounds of training operations.

Officials with the Department of Defense said the name of Fort Bragg will be changed to Fort Liberty, as part of the effort to remove Confederate names from places of honor in the United States.

Virginia Macali plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.