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A new book, Everything Conceivable, examines the multibillion-dollar fertility industry and the decisions faced by couples using assisted reproductive technology. Author Liza Mundy describes the significant risks associated with such pregnancies.

British literary historian Rebecca Stott admires Moby-Dick, "a cauldron into which Melville, demented alchemist, tipped everything that fascinated him: whale lore ... meditations on love, friendship, dreams, demonic possession," and much more.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills had been in office only a year when the pandemic struck. Amid the chaos, a mother named Shirah Knapp sent her a letter of support — and continued to do so weekly for more than a year.

Being pregnant is stressful, to say the least. Being pregnant in a pandemic...

A Kansas law with widespread restrictions on transgender rights goes into effect on Saturday, and there's uncertainty about how it will be enforced.

The judge in the Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial is surprising many observers with the potential jurors he has so far refused to excuse from serving. Among them are journalists and others who have had daily contact with people involved in the case.

A heart attack claims the legendary Boston Celtics coach and GM. He built a sports dynasty in Boston Garden, leading the Celtics to 16 titles.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on the constitutionality of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. The court had struck down a previous version of the measure on the grounds that it did not allow for doctors to use procedures they thought necessary to protect a woman's health.

Dr. John Marler of the National Institutes of Health talks with Madeleine Brand about Arteriovenous Malformation, the condition that reported caused the bleeding in Sen. Tim Johnson's brain.

Author Dinaw Mengestu is among a generation of Ethiopian Americans whose families fled the East African nation in the 1970s and '80s. Now their writing, music and art are adding a new chapter to the epic of American immigration.