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When subway workers started digging underneath Los Angeles, they discovered fossils from the city's pre-historic past. Lisa speaks with the L.A. Transit Authority's paleontologist, Bruce Lander.

This past week the last Mini, that icon of British popular culture in the 1960s, rolled of the production line. Liane speaks with David Hollis of the British Mini Club about the tiny car's enduring appeal for the rich, the famous and the common man.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Andy Babiuk, author of Beatles Gear (published by Backbeat Books), about this past week's find of some 500 tapes recorded in 1969 and stolen from the Beatles' archives in the mid-1970s.

The future of the U.S.-NATO relationship hangs in the balance at the Munich Security Conference this week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with John J. Sullivan, former US ambassador to Russia, about the stakes.

New car prices hit a record high, and President Trump blames fuel efficiency standards. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Bloomberg Detroit bureau chief David Welch about what's behind the high prices.

About 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled to escape poverty and political turmoil -- about one-fifth of the country's population. It's now a potent issue in Venezuela's presidential election.

Through the years, first families have done plenty with Santa — from singing and dancing (Obama) to reading (Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton) to a celebrity kiss or two (Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush).

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with immigration lawyer Lindsay Toczylowski about the condition of detainees swept up in the ongoing immigration arrests in Los Angeles.

Following a Monday briefing on Hurricane Rita's effect on the oil and natural gas infrastructure along the Gulf Coast, President Bush says he is willing to use the nation's strategic petroleum reserves to make up for any shortages caused by hurricane damage.

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D.-Ill speaks with Morning Edition about a classified assessment that showed U.S. strikes did not "obliterate" Iran's nuclear program as President Trump said.