This week, Wait Wait is live in Huber Heights, Ohio with host Peter Sagal, special guest Maggie Smith and panelists Annie Rauwerda, Mo Rocca, and Shane Torres
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Lung cancer is still the top cancer killer. But new developments are shifting what the future might hold for patients, as one man's cancer journey shows.
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President Trump is the first living president to have his face on a coin. He's also reshaping Washington in his image, and working to influence midterm elections.
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Two top aides to British far-right leader Nigel Farage have resigned after an undercover journalist filmed them allegedly accepting illegal foreign donations.
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Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, died this week at 92, was influenced by the Civil Rights Movement, and groundwork laid by Black feminists.
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Trump's top envoys head to Moscow and Kyiv as Putin steps up round the clock bombing of Ukraine. With the U.S. distracted by Iran, is Putin becoming increasingly emboldened?
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The Lindsay Clancy trial ended in mistrial. The case has led to greater public awareness and discussion about maternal mental health, specifically postpartum psychosis.
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An ICE raid of a Memphis bar recently was one of the largest this year and left children without a parent.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the historic punishment handed to the Los Angeles Clippers for violating the NBA's salary cap.
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The American chestnut once dominated the Eastern woodlands. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Andrew Newhouse, an environmental biologist, about efforts to bring these trees back from the brink of extinction.
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The wildfire season in the western U.S. is one of the worst on record. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Justin Brown, a wildland firefighter, about the challenges in tackling today's blazes.