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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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Ukrainian troops continue counteroffensive in regional capital seized by Russians
Ukrainian troops continue to try to win back Russian-occupied territory, including the city of Kherson, which is the only regional capital that the Russians have thus far seized in the invasion.
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Swedish pop singer Tove Lo on her newest album 'Dirt Femme'
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Swedish pop singer Tove Lo about love, marriage, attention-seeking behavior, and her newest album, "Dirt Femme."
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Saturday Sports: Major League Baseball Playoffs; new seasons in basketball and hockey
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the Major League Baseball Playoffs and the start of new seasons in basketball and hockey.
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How the Democratic Party is deploying VP Harris before the midterms
Vice President Harris is heading to Detroit and then west to campaign ahead of the midterms. We take a closer look at how her party is deploying her in the run-up to November.
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Conductor Marin Alsop on her upcoming performances at Carnegie Hall in New York City
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to conductor Marin Alsop about her upcoming performances with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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Midwives in Pakistan are mobilizing to help women and children after the floods
Midwives visit pregnant women displaced by Pakistan's floods to check on their health. What they encounter are women pleading for food for their children
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A 23-year megadrought is endangering the agricultural economy in the Southwest
Drought is pushing Arizona farmers to the brink as they've been cut off from the shrinking Colorado River. The crisis is also renewing questions about the viability of growing crops in a desert.
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The pandemic allowed these families to stay on Medicaid. Now, their children risk healthcare
In the pandemic, the federal government allowed anyone on Medicaid to stay on, indefinitely. But that could end soon, raising fears in Missouri that kids in particular risk losing coverage.
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Saturday Sports: NFL back under the microscope, U.S. women's basketball team win
A professional football player's terrible injury puts the NFL under the microscope again. Meanwhile, the U.S. women's basketball team is triumphant.
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New Broadway play 'Leopoldstadt' looks at a large Jewish family in Vienna over a half century
Tom Stoppard's new play, "Leopoldstadt," grew from a midlife realization concerning how many of his relatives died in the Holocaust.
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The Biden administration is changing who qualifies for student loan cancellation
Lawsuits have taken aim at the Biden administration's efforts to cancel some federal student loan debt. In response, the administration has been subtly shifting its plan, and changing who qualifies.
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An injured marine was saved by an Army trauma nurse. Then they fell in love
This week on StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: the story of an Army trauma nurse who saved the life of, and fell in love with, an injured Marine.