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Officials have released the names of the people who died from the weekend apartment building fire in the Bronx. The deaths of the 17 victims were all caused by smoke inhalation.

Nearly a third of Americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep a night. A lot of us struggle to get to bed as we power through tasks or get lost in endless scrolling. Here's help.

Following the attack on author Salman Rushdie, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Iranian American writer Azar Nafisi about attempts to silence writers. Her latest book is: Read Dangerously.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Patricia Oliver, whose son Joaquin was among the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., about the gunman's guilty plea.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: songs to get you in a summer mood.

A few yards from the central memorial for the shooting victims, a clown hands out snow cones and toys for free to all. She says it's her way to give back — and she wants the gun violence to stop.

R.L. Stine's mega-popular series has spawned TV shows, movies and many, many books. A humor writer who stumbled into horror, Stine says its been a thrill to scare so many generations of kids.

Texas abortion bans focused attention on the state's already high maternal mortality rate. Proposed legislation could let otherwise uninsured women stay on Medicaid up to a year after childbirth.

Scott Simon speaks to Justin Roberts, who makes music for kids and their grown-ups, about his new album "Space Cadet."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mona Minkara, a professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University who is also blind, about a new way to present science data to blind and sighted people alike.

For the past three decades, the Centenarians of Oklahoma volunteers have made it their mission to celebrate as many centenarians as they can. To date, they've honored more than 2,700 and counting.

Tens of thousands of California fire victims have yet to be compensated for their losses. Fires caused by a local utility destroyed homes and business, and in some cases killed people.