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Some takeaways: in both parties, women were doing better than men. On the district level, health care and taxes were on the minds of lots of voters. Was President Trump a factor in any races?

Canadian writer Annabel Lyon has a special gift when it comes to time travel. Her new novel The Sweet Girl carries us back to ancient Greece, where a teenage girl learns from her philosopher father and fights for her safety in a dangerous world. Reviewer Alan Cheuse says the novel is a triumph.

A strike by 24 West Virginia surgeons marks its tenth day. The doctors are protesting the rising cost of malpractice insurance. Doctors in other states have threatened similar action. Consumer groups blame insurance companies. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

This year, key battles for control of the Senate will take place in about 10 states -- including five Southern states where Democrats are retiring. The Democrats need to win two seats to regain the majority they lost in 1994. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Ken Rudin.

The U.S.-born creator of Master of None loved working with his Indian parents. But as the father of a 6-year-old, I worry that family ties here aren't as strong as in my homeland.

President Biden was in the battleground state of Arizona to make the biggest announcement yet in his plan to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to America.

In the 1983 game, the Yankees were holding a trump card: an obscure rule that turned the Royals' game-winning home run into a game-loser, inspiring one of the most epic tantrums in baseball history.

Long-time environmental activist and folk singer Katie Lee has died at the age of 98 at her home in Jerome. Lee grew up in Tucson and graduated from the…

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, about Attorney General William Barr not showing up for his scheduled hearing.

The year in television started with a bust — or to be more precise, a writer's strike — but Fresh Air's TV critic says there were plenty of TiVo-worthy programs in 2008. Prominent among them: AMC's Mad Men.