Weekend Edition
Weekends 5-10 am
Kick off your weekend with wrap-ups of the week's news with a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest. Be sure to tune in every Sunday for the Sunday Puzzle!
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We break down the week in politics: President Biden's first campaign rally for reelection and former President Trump's arraignment.
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The Justice Department released its investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department, with findings that include racial bias and unnecessary use of force.
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About 1 million people have lost Medicaid coverage nationwide since April. Of that, about a quarter of them live in Florida.
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Workers are beginning to rebuild the collapsed section of Interstate 95 outside Philadelphia. Construction is expected to take weeks or months, and have ramifications up and down the East Coast.
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A Virginia school district is the latest to allow students to carry the overdose reversal drug Narcan. It's in response to the increasing rate of fatal overdoses.
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A visit to the annual festival in Uvalde, Texas celebrating the region's honey. The event was cancelled last year because of Texas's worst school shooting.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth about why the Army is struggling to recruit.
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How anarchist politics are factoring in Ukraine's fight against Russia.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with epidemiologist Sarah Messiah about the rise of bariatric surgery to treat severe obesity in children and teens in the U.S.
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As newspapers fold around the country, a citizen journalist in a small Alabama town keeps watch over the local government.