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Zoo visitors in Milwaukee witnessed the birth of a baby giraffe

Magnet fishing spiked in popularity thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Now China and the demand from other industries for the material used to make the magnets is threatening the hobby's future.

Artist KAWS has designed boxes — and collectible prizes — for Franken Berry, Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Frute Brute, which are back for General Mills' seasonal release of Monster Cereals.

The talented cohort of jazz artists perform a selection of songs that reflect on isolation, social upheaval and hope.

The Amazon Prime series, co-created by Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham, is both a loving descendant of the 1992 film of the same name, and an ambitious effort to address its conspicuous gaps.

In his new book, Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way, the explorer and author discovers the secrets to a happy life, one country at a time. Hint: Work less, make more friends, and enjoy the arts.

Ginni Thomas left a more than minute-long voice mail for Anita Hill, and asked Hill to apologize for accusing her husband — then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas — of sexual harassment in 1991. Amy Dickinson advises callers on the art and diplomacy of soliciting an apology.

In his new novel, Sunset Park, Brooklyn novelist Paul Auster confronts the modern-day problems of foreclosure, eviction and familial estrangement. NPR's Lynn Neary visited him in his brownstone to discuss the long journey to find one's sense of home.

Today, the Mickey Mouse Club is known for its perky, wholesome cast of Mouseketeers. But when Walt Disney first pitched the series more than 50 years ago, he was just looking for a way to finance Disneyland. Jennifer Armstrong looks at the history of the show in her new book, Why? Because We Still Like You.

In 1962, 11-year-old Carlos Eire was one of thousands of children airlifted out of Cuba and sent to Florida to escape Fidel Castro's regime. His parents thought he'd return when Castro was deposed — but he never went home again. Eire recounts the experience in a new memoir.