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  • Kim Gordon's <em>No Home Record</em> comes out Oct. 11.
    Kim Gordon Announces 'No Home Record,' Her First Solo Album
    Hear the album's opening track.
  • Sunday Puzzle
    Sunday Puzzle: P.E. Class
    NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Michelle San Antonio of North Creek, NY.
  • VIDEO: Man Scrambles Down At Least 14 Stories Of High-Rise After Fire Reported
    It's not clear why the Philadelphia man left the building this way, descending more than a dozen floors in about three minutes.
  • Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, hailed by many for his heroism during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, participates in a the dress rehearsal for Inauguration Day.
    Senate Unanimously Votes To Award Officer Eugene Goodman A Congressional Gold Medal
    The award is the institution's highest civilian honor and goes to an officer who is credited with saving the lives of many senators by distracting the mob away from the Senate chamber.
  • Officer Billy Evans Mourned At The Capitol
    U.S. Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans was mourned by President Biden and congressional leaders Tuesday in the Capitol Rotunda.
  • Big Ideas In The Small Town Of Casey
    The eastern Illinois community of Casey has followed the lead of roadside novelties promising tourists a chance to see the world's largest (fill in the…
  • Waves splash in a pool during an earthquake in the Cayman Islands. Social media was flooded with photos and video from people documenting the event.
    Powerful Earthquake Strikes Caribbean, But No Reports Of Injuries Or Damage
    The 7.7 magnitude temblor struck off the coasts of Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands. Social media was flooded with photos and video from people documenting the event.
  • Sunday Puzzle
    Sunday Puzzle: Triple Threat
    NPR's Sarah McCammon plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition's puzzle master, Will Shortz, and this week's winner: Martin Garnar from South Hadley, Mass.
  • In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Apollo mission to the moon, we speak with:1) G...
    2: In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Apollo mission to the moon, we speak with:1) GENERAL CHUCK YEAGER, test pilot, war hero, and the first man to break the sound barrier.(Originally broadcast 9/13/88)2) Retired Astronaut and former test pilot ALAN SHEPARD. He was America's first man in space in 1961. Ten years later with Apollo 14, he made it to the moon, playing golf on the moon's surface. (In 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon). SHEPARD has co-written a new book: "Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon." (Turner Publishing).(Originally broadcast 6
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    Lt. Gen. HAROLD MOORE and U.S. News and World Report Senior Writer JOSEPH GALLOWAY. On November 14, 1965 they were together at the site one of the first and bloodiest major land battle of the Vietnam War, Ia Drang. MOORE was in command of the 1st battalion of the 7th Cavalry, and GALLOWAY, then a UPI reporter, accompanied them. MOORE and GALLOWAY wrote a book about their experiences in the Ia Drang valley, We Were Soldiers Once...And Young (Random House). (REBROADCAST FROM 11/11/92)Journalist and best-selling author DAVID HALBERSTAM. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his reporting from Vietnam. He was one of the first American reporters to contradict the government's optimistic picture of the war. He was attacked by officials of South Vietnam and the United States for negativism and inaccuracy in his reporting. In 1967 HALBERSTAM retired from newspaper reporting. His books since then include The Best and Brightest, The Powers That Be, The Fifties, and others. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/3/93)Writer MICHAEL HERR. He wrote what's considered the definitive Vietnam book, Dispatches. The movie "Apocalypse Now" is loosely based on his writings. (REBROADCAST FROM 5/
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