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Over the weekend, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's odds went from 75/1 to 6/1, Ladbrokes reports. He is the second favorite, behind Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer.

After being accused of expressing anti-Semitism in their lyrics, controversial rap duo won an prize at this year's Echo Awards. In response, the prizes are being shut down and relaunched.

These eyewatering profits come despite recent economic woes and the setback of the pandemic.

Attorney General William Barr announced findings Monday from the federal investigation into the December shooting by a Saudi national at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.

Trade between China and Russia has increased over the past year, especially with Chinese purchases of Russian oil and gas.

For Susan Burton, getting on track after being released from prison was a daunting experience. Now she's determined to help other women follow in her footsteps. Her new memoir is Becoming Ms. Burton.

On this edition of the South Carolina Lede for August 7, 2021, we speak with musicologist Eric Sean Crawford, director of the The Joyner Institute at Coastal Carolina University. Crawford's new book Gullah Spirituals: The Sound of Freedom and Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands (2021, USC Press) traces Gullah Geechee songs from their beginnings in West Africa to their height as songs for social change and Black identity in the 20th century American South.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is extending the timetable for its public hearings into July.

Civil rights protesters argue Jena, La., school and law enforcement officials are dealing out harsh justice to the African-American teens for a schoolyard fight while overlooking their white counterparts who hung nooses to intimidate the black teens.