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Plus personnel and regulatory changes from the Education Department in our NPR Ed weekly roundup.

Two entitled young women vacationing on a chic Greek island get involved with a mysterious stranger in Lawrence Osborne's new novel. Critic John Powers calls it a "seductively menacing new thriller."

Governor Cuomo’s name has been mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2020, but first, he may be facing some obstacles to win a third term as…

The U.S. Treasury is accusing Exxon Mobil of violating sanctions on Russia in a series of deals in May 2014. "What were they thinking?" wonders one of the architects of the sanctions.

Among Democratic high rollers, Weinstein's presence was bigger than his bankroll.

A judge says Ian Brady will be cremated with "no music and no ceremony" — rejecting a plan to play the "Witches' Sabbath" portion of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.

With the deadline to recertify the Iranian nuclear deal approaching, European ambassadors want President Trump keep the deal in place. Rachel Martin speaks to German Ambassador Peter Wittig.

Under the billionaire's leadership, magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker flourished into major cultural influences.

The U.S. should, based on its wealth and other factors, have one of the world's lowest rates of gun deaths. The data show a different picture.

Fast-moving wildfires in California's Napa/Sonoma wine country have destroyed homes and businesses and forced evacuations of thousands of residents. Robert Siegel talks with reporter John Sepulvado.