The announcement of a new prime minister divides Haiti’s transitional council A surprise announcement that revealed Haiti’s new prime minister is threatening to fracture a recently installed transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for the gang-riddled country. Read more on NPR

Walmart says it will close its 51 health centers and virtual care service The Arkansas-based company said that after managing the clinics it launched in 2019 and expanding its telehealth program, it concluded “there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue.” Read more on NPR

Bestselling novelist Paul Auster, author of The New York Trilogy, dies at 77 A leading figure in his generation of postmodern American writers, Auster wrote more than 20 novels, including City of Glass, Sunset Park, 4 3 2 1 and The Brooklyn Follies. Read more on NPR

Here’s this year’s list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S. The National Trust’s annual list includes Eatonville, the all-Black Florida town memorialized by Zora Neale Hurston, Alaska’s Sitka Tlingit Clan houses, and the home of country singer Cindy Walker. Read more on NPR