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Saturday mornings are made for Weekend Edition Saturday, the program wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories.
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Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are digesting that one of their own is now the head of the Catholic Church.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
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The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why.
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John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.
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Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner.
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After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva, Switzerland, for trade talks as the Trump administration pushes for progress in its trade wars.
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The Trump administration is not eager to involve itself in international conflicts like the one between India and Pakistan.
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Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine.
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The reappearance of lynx in Scotland raised concern about an illegal reintroduction effort. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Peter Cairns of Scotland The Big Picture about what rogue rewilding entails.