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NPR's Scott Simon talks with the actor about season three of the televsion drama about a family laundering money for a drug cartel, as well as how she and loved ones are living now.

In response to Police Chief Chris Magnus' offer to quit, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero issued a statement saying, "I do not believe the Chief should resign."

As some airlines try to sell every seat on every flight, the Trump administration urges them to leave some seats empty and wants passengers to wear masks, but neither will be required.

The president calls the recommendations "impractical" and says he'll pressure states to open schools this fall — even threatening to cut funding. But the decision largely lies with states.

Revelations in Rage lead global health specialists to charge that Trump is scapegoating the World Health Organization.

Even in this blue state, President Trump is getting both criticism and kudos over how he is handling his COVID-19 diagnosis, and his managing of the pandemic as a whole.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Bob Woodward about discovering how close the U.S. came to nuclear war with North Korea in 2017 and his ultimate takeaway after interviewing President Trump.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with former U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera about his latest collection, Every Day We Get More Illegal.

A huge wildfire shut down a portion of a cross-country interstate highway for two weeks. Now, in a ripple effect of the fire, the newly treeless area is vulnerable to flash floods and landslides.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Adam White, a legal scholar at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute, about what GOP Senators must weigh before voting on the next Supreme Court nominee.

It's the first time global data has been gathered on the extent of the problem. Experts are calling it a "groundbreaking" report. And the ill effects can last for a lifetime.

The documentary Class Action Parktells the story of a New Jersey theme park that was widely beloved, successful and extremely dangerous.

Despite fierce international criticism and opposition in Hong Kong, Beijing's rubber-stamp legislature passed a law allowing the mainland to impose security measures in the former British colony.

A rich country might spend $5,000 or more on health care per person. A poor country might spend as little as $19 per person. How will that affect responses to the novel coronavirus?

Political analysts say China's growing assertiveness and its recent coronavirus disinformation campaign have soured relations and encouraged the British government to reconsider its China policy.

Europe's favorite cartoon Gaul has bopped plenty of Romans, but he's never really hit big in America. A rebooted version of Asterix, with a new translation from the French, is aimed at changing that.

Working closely with a former detective, James still goes out with Brighton police to gather material for his work about an English city with a rich criminal history.

NPR's Ron Elving and Don Gonyea join Weekend Edition Saturday guest host Linda Wertheimer to review seven-term Congressman Paul Ryan's record.

Congressman Paul Ryan from Wisconsin has been selected as the Republican candidate for vice president. Weekend Edition Saturday guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with Craig Gilbert, the Washington bureau chief of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in Paul Ryan's home state of Wisconsin.

Whether GOP vice presidential pick Paul Ryan will help Mitt Romney's quest for the White House is the subject of fierce debate. But some politicos are calling Ryan a kingmaker after former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson's slim victory in the hotly contested Republican U.S Senate primary.