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A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic.

The process of Japanese surrender went smoothly until Col. Lawrence Cosgrave signed his name on the wrong line.

President Trump announced he intends to move U.S. Space Command headquarters to Huntsville, Ala., after a protracted battle over whether it would stay in Colorado, as former President Joe Biden advocated.

At the turn of the 20th century, society seemingly became obsessed with the idea of life on Mars.

This week's publishing highlights are a bumper crop of biography, science and fiction — including new reads the from authors of The Sweetness of Water, The God of Small Things, and Deadliest Enemy.

Malle takes over as the leader of American Vogue immediately. Malle, who has been with the publication since 2011, will still report to Anna Wintour who remains Condé Nast's chief content officer.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Peter Swanson about his new mystery novel, Kill Your Darlings, which explores the reasons behind a poet's act of murder against her own husband.

Amid ongoing raids in Los Angeles, many immigrants are afraid to leave their homes. We hear what that's looking like from residents, workers and business owners in the San Fernando Valley.

Those who've been advocating for women deacons in the Catholic Church are taking stock of the possibility under the papacy of Pope Leo XIV.