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As the Israel-Hamas war continues, hospitals in Gaza are crowded and chaotic. Pregnant women face awful conditions: An emergency C-section may be conducted by the light from mobile phones.

Israeli forces control the area around a desalination facility and a sewage treatment plant, and troops appear to be stationed in several schools in Gaza City.

Madeleine, Mitchell and Leonard are about to graduate from Brown University when they get caught in a love triangle worthy of Jane Austen. In his latest book, Middlesex author Jeffrey Eugenides brings the classic Victorian marriage plot to a modern American college campus.

E.L. Doctorow's new novel goes inside the brain of a neuroscientist trying to outrun his memories of disaster and the daughter he gave up. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that Andrew's Brain was inspired by his own memories, and by a recurring idea of a little girl hiding her colored-pencil drawings from adult eyes.

The Supreme Court is back on the bench for a new term full of cases involving controversial issues — like guns, abortion, social media and more.

Democrats still win the majority of Latino votes, but a surge in Latino Republicans elected to state and local offices could change all that.

Israeli troops withdrew Sunday from the city after a four-month battle against Hamas. Displaced Palestinians returning there found immense destruction. Most went back to living in tents in Rafah.

NPR's A Martinez asks Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland, if President Biden could end the Israel-Hamas war with a phone call.

Vice President Kamala Harris gives the eulogy for the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee -- a test of her skills as a potential consoler-in-chief.

President Trump's positive test for the coronavirus raises many questions — about both the government and his reelection campaign.