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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Kendra Armer, of San Carlos, California, along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Inflation has eased - though consumers in the U.S. are still looking for ways to trim expenses.

The extreme heat and wildfire smoke hitting parts of the U.S. can be hazardous for people who work outside. The federal government and some states are trying to establish more protections.

The Skipper Science Program is in its third year in Bristol Bay and fishing crews are taking notice. User numbers are up on the app in the fishery and this season, the citizen science initiative could be more consequential than ever. The goal is to find out where exactly King salmon are running, with the Nushagak King mapping project.

The court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."

Millions of federal borrowers will not see their debts decreased or erased. Roughly 1 in 8 Americans will have to restart loan payments as soon as September.

Spending on travel and entertainment is up, even as Americans contend with stubborn inflation. One reason the economy is doing so well is that people keep spending money.

Unalaska is preparing to start monitoring for European Green Crab. That's after the invasive species was first found in Alaska last July. The crab could cause a big problem. They destroy habitat and outcompete native species.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Dana Thompson Dorsey of the University of South Florida about the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.