NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Northwest Public Broadcasting listener Midge Komenda ...

Nathan Moore of the Sandia National Laboratories details a possible new method to stop a dangerous asteroid from hitting the earth: a burst of X-rays from a nuclear explosion.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mohamad Bazzi, a Middle East studies expert at NYU, about the latest developments in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Immigration, one of the biggest issues of the presidential election, will likely be highlighted in the vice presidential debate on Tuesday.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Nimrod Novik, an Israeli security expert, about Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is being met with both rage and celebration.

The presidential candidates are hitting as many key states as they can while the vice presidential candidates prepare for a debate Tuesday.

The scope of the damage Hurricane Helena caused is still not totally clear.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ta-Nahesi Coates about his new collection of three essays, "The Message." It is Coates' return to nonfiction after nearly a decade.

In both Ann Arbor and Tuscaloosa this weekend, members of the presidential tickets took politics to college football games.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell how the agency is helping local communities recover from Hurricane Helene.

Former president Jimmy Carter turns 100 on Tuesday. To celebrate, the humanitarian's Carter Center organized a benefit concert in Atlanta this month that also showcased his lifelong love of music.