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For jockey Edgar Prado, this year's Kentucky Derby marks two years since his win aboard Barbaro. Scott Simon talks with Prado, who has written My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak with America's Favorite Horse.

The latest Internet hype is about a thing that doesn't really exist. Some collectors are spending millions of dollars on these digital items called nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.

General Augusto Pinochet, who ruled Chile as a dictator for 17 years, is dead. He led the military coup that overthrew Chile's elected socialist president, Salvador Allende, in 1973. He was ruthless in eliminating his political opponents in Chile, and ultimately was held responsible for the torture and deaths of thousands of people.

After his young cousin died in Vietnam, John Sacret Young went on to produce the TV series China Beach. Now he is writing about the war's effect on his family. His book is called Remains: Non-Viewable.

Sir Ernst Gombrich wrote A Little History of the World in 1936, in German. The book for young readers was translated into 17 languages. Late in life, Gombrich began an English version. That edition is being published this fall by Yale University Press.

With millions of Americans suddenly working remotely, some took the opportunity to move across the country — crossing their fingers that when it's safe to go back to the office, they won't have to.

Newman was a founding member of the improv group The Groundlings and an originalSaturday Night Livecast member. She's voiced dozens of animated characters and has just published a new audio memoir.

Both presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have offered their own plans for fixing the troubles on Wall Street. Syndicated columnist and author David Sirota offers analysis on their plans.

Documentarian Ken Burns believed there were three major crises in the nation's past: The Civil War, the Depression and World War II. Now, he says, we are living through the fourth.

Seditious conspiracy is among the more serious federal charges that prosecutors are looking at for some U.S. Capitol rioters. Some legal experts caution against going down that road.