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Ken Barcus, longtime Midwest bureau chief on NPR's National Desk, has died at age 67. He took great pride in countering stereotypes of the Midwest and in mentoring scores of young reporters.

Little green worms are crawling all over the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Scientists attribute the outbreak to recent heavy rains. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on Oct. 1, 2022.)

California has handed out more than $4.3 billion in emergency rent relief since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. State officials have told nearly 19,000 people that they want the money back.

Russia carried out a barrage of airstrikes across Ukraine on Monday. But what has been the reaction in Moscow to its own military escalation? The Russian assaults were widely condemned by the West.

Adams was asleep in a tent when he heard wild mustangs and saw Mongo had joined the herd. Last week officers with the Bureau of Land Management found the 18-years-old stallion and brought him home.

Gienger won a pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California. To get there he drove 35 hours from Anoka, Minn. His pumpkin set a new U.S. record.

Authorities are investigating after a rookie police officer shot a 17-year-old who was eating in his car in the parking lot of a San Antonio, Texas, McDonald's just over a week ago.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Los Angeles Time columnist Gustavo Arellano about the president of the Los Angeles City Council resigning her leadership post after she made racist remarks.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation and producer of the documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL, about the league's new concussion protocols.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rinaldo Depagne of the International Crisis Group about Russia's influence on the military coups in West Africa.