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Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz tries to stump NPR's Melissa Block and WNPR listener Mark Nolan of Bloomfield, Conn.

Colorado State University professor OiYan Poon tells NPR's Melissa Block why she supports the admission practices Asian-American students are suing Harvard University over.

As the planet loses mild weather days because of climate change, wedding professionals are devising creative ways to keep cakes fresh and guests cool.

No drinking, no drugs, no tardiness, and they have to run a seven-minute mile. They're the Chief Mountain Hotshots, the all-Native firefighting crew from Montana's Blackfeet Reservation.

Special counsel Robert Mueller may be up against a deadline ... or he may not. There's apparent trouble for a senior Justice Department lawyer and more trouble for Big Tech.

Low-income residents living near highways and agricultural and industrial zones are getting hit with a "double whammy" as wildfire smoke drifts to areas where the air is often polluted already.

Each member nation would be able to decide "whether to go for permanent summer or wintertime."

An arbitrator has ruled there is evidence that the NFL colluded to not hire Colin Kaepernick, and that his case can go forward. Sports columnist Kevin Blackistone talks with NPR's Rachel Martin.

In a swing House district in Virginia, President Trump is top of mind among voters ahead of the midterm elections.

Detroit says goodbye to Aretha Franklin at her funeral today. Services will be live-streamed, in the culmination of a week-long tribute to the singer whose voice and soul touched millions.