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Nicola Griffith's immersive tale of a seventh-century seer is a rare gift in a genre that often lacks women in leading roles. Critic Amal El-Mohtar has fallen in love with the titular character, praising Griffith's "startlingly beautiful" prose and her thoughtful, meticulously-detailed approach to the world of the Middle Ages.

Pogačar also won the sport’s other major race, the Giro D’Italia, earlier this year, making him the first man to win both majors in a season since 1998.

UConn Head Coach Geno Auerimma has tested positive for the coronavirus and won't be able to join his team until the second round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

Andriy Yermak, top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that Ukraine has an "urgent" need for sustained military aid.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Washington Post reporter Alex Horton about internal documents from the National Guard assessing public sentiment about the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.

It's President Biden's first trip to Canada as president. He and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are expected to discuss their concerns about the security crisis in Haiti.

Rory McIlroy was already one of the best golfers of all time. His win at the Masters on Sunday gave him the career Grand Slam, cementing that legacy. He's one of only six male golfers to do that.

This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care.