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Amid rising political tensions, veteran rocker Roger Waters is using his tour to urge Brazilians not to vote for the far-right presidential candidate — prompting confrontations between fans.

Roddy Doyle's new The Guts revisits the Commitments three decades later, grown up and dealing with life's blows. Mastermind Jimmy Rabbitte is out of the hospital after cancer surgery, and he's living life one day at a time. Critic Alan Cheuse says the dialogue-heavy novel is both foulmouthed and bursting with joie de vivre.

Before Moammar Gadhafi came to power, the roughly 140 tribes and clans in Libya helped shape the country's military and political landscape. When Gadhafi took the reins, he used the classic tactic of divide and conquer to reduce the tribes' authority. Now the tribes are striking back.

In fiction, Ann Beattie channels first lady Pat Nixon, while Ben Marcus looks at the consequences of nasty rhetoric, and Jonathan Odell imagines a slave healer's life. In nonfiction, the creators of Portlandia offer a guided tour of Portland, Ore., and Ellen Forney reflects on her bipolar disorder.

Easter was joyous yet quiet in Jerusalem as many pilgrims and tourists are staying away because of the war.

Eclipses change the light around us, leading to unusual sights. Monday's solar eclipse also brings a chance to see crescent shapes in shadows and pinholes, as the moon moves in front of the sun.

A common backyard pest has returned, as some parts of the region are reporting sightings of a seasonal nuisance.

Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want their viewpoint ... to be heard."

We travel with Vice President Mike Pence to Colorado to see how social distancing changed a military college graduation. He gave Saturday's commencement address at the Air Force Academy.

Bon Jovi spotted a woman on the ledge of the pedestrian bridge where his crew was filming in Nashville late Tuesday. The singer and a team member helped her over the railing and back to safety.