Weekend Edition Sunday
Sunday mornings from 8 to 10
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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Shyamala Gopalan figures large in Vice President Harris’ life story — and her motivation to break barriers in politics.
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Many Venezuelans are waiting to see who wins this Sunday's presidential election. They say they can't take more of the economic and political turmoil under their current leader, Nicolas Maduro.
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NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to writer-director M. Night Shyamalan and actor-singer Saleka Shyamalan. The father and daughter duo have collaborated on the new thriller, "Trap."
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NPR's Debbie Elliott plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and listener Clark Neider of Pheonix.
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Chinese athletes say they compete "clean" despite positive drug tests in 2021 that were kept secret. Diplomatic tensions over the case continue to escalate as U.S. officials push for reform.
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350 thousand acres are burning in Northern California, an area bigger than the city of Los Angeles. We'll hear from residents threatened by the Park Fire.
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A rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 children on a soccer field yesterday. Israel blames the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which denies responsibility for the attack.
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Early voting started in Michigan's primaries this weekend. A major question: Who will become the party nominees for the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow?
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The Harris campaign moves into high gear as the Trump campaign redirects its focus, and tries out some new messaging.
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NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about recent flight cancellations due to the Crowdstrike tech outage.