Get ready for that new train smell and more seats. But they won’t go faster or run more frequently on the Cascades route in ...

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Hernan Diaz and panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson

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The American Cetacean Society Oregon Chapter hosts a Whale Watch Naturalist training in Newport this October. The $250 ...

Dante Moore threw for 280 yards and four touchdowns and No. 21 Oregon followed a stunning upset at Oklahoma State last ...

With her 1974 book, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek," Annie Dillard became the youngest woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. We take a moment to remember her and her work.

Weekend Edition's Scott Simon talks with author Nathan Hale about his kids' graphic history book, "One Dead Spy." It's the story of Revolutionary War spy, Nathan Hale, no relation to the author.

The Shorefront Legacy Center, a small archive in a church basement in Evanston, Ill., collects papers and objects that tell the history of the city's Black community.

Brazilian singer Mari Froes is touring North America with her debut album, 'Esquina Do Sol." NPR's Scott Simon spoke with the artist on her tour stop in Washington, D.C.

The leaders of France, Poland, and other leading European nations are alarmed over what they describe as Russian "hybrid" attacks.

Florida voters may end most residential property taxes - a step considered in other states. Local firefighters worry what it will do to their response times - and other officials are sounding alarms.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Major League Baseball's pennant race and start of football season.

Ben Macintyre is known as a master of espionage stories. NPR's Scott Simon talks to the British author about his latest book, "Redwood" - the story of Russian double agent operating in Iran.