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Saturday mornings are made for Weekend Edition Saturday, which wraps up the week's news and offers analysis and features on the arts, sports, and entertainment. For all Weekend Edition stories, visit NPR.org.
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ListenThe White House Correspondents Association Dinner was one of several incidents of gun violence in the U.S. last week. Others ended in injuries and fatalities.
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ListenFor more than 60 years, this maestro of magic has collaborated with towering figures. Now on a new record, he turns to family.
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ListenA panel of judges in Louisiana has just ended telemedicine access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationally.
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ListenThe federal debt passed an uncomfortable milestone this year, outgrowing the entire U.S. economy. That poses risks, but policymakers show little sign of addressing it.
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ListenSpirit Airlines ceased operation overnight. This comes as jet fuel prices - which have soared since the start of the war on Iran - have led to of thousands of flight cuts in Europe and in the U.S.
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ListenMany majority-Black legislative districts could be redrawn after a landmark Supreme Court Case. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mississippi State Rep. Kabir Karriem about the impacts in his state.
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ListenWe look at Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's two-day Congressional testimony, as well as what the Supreme Court's changes to the Voting Rights Act will mean for future elections.
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ListenIran's economy was fragile before the war. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a professor of economics at Virginia Tech, about the current state of the country's economy.
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ListenNPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant talk about the first round of the NBA playoffs and the bad start to the Major League Baseball season for the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox.
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ListenA phone booth has been installed at the Boston Public Library where visitors can leave messages. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Meredith Goldstein from the Boston Globe about her project.