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NPR's Wendy Schmeltzer reports on macular degeneration, a vision disorder that now afflicts roughly 1.7 million older Americans. Researchers who study vision loss believe that macular degeneration could impair the vision of over 6 million Americans within the next 30 years as the baby boom generation ages. Macular degeneration currently has no cure, but various social service organiations that work with the elderly are trying to help macular degeneration patients by teaching them ways to cope with their disability while remaining independent.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) says he will step down as Senate Republican leader following a furor over remarks that seemed to endorse America's segregated past. Lott faced a Jan. 6 vote on his status as incoming majority leader and a challenge for the post from Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN). Hear from NPR's Alex Chadwick and NPR's David Welna.

A report says Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) will step down as Senate Republican leader following a furor over remarks that seemed to endorse America's segregated past. Lott faced a Jan. 6 vote on his status as incoming majority leader and a challenge for the post from Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN). NPR News reports.

The Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 in Game 2 of the World Series, taking a 2-0 overall lead. Boston pitcher Curt Schilling helped lead his team to victory, despite a painful ankle injury that left him limping and threatened to end his season. Hear NPR's Tom Goldman.

While the Walt Disney Concert Hall has been open since October 2003, the dramatic organ was not ready until this fall. A design collaboration between Gehry and organ builder Manuel Rosales, the 6,134-pipe organ is a dramatic centerpiece to the venue. NPR's Fred Child visits the hall.

Tropical Storm Frances makes its second landfall in Florida, churning into the state's panhandle with an expected 10 inches of rain and 65 miles-an-hour wind. Over the weekend, the storm plowed into Florida's Atlantic coast as a category two hurricane. More than 6 million people lost electricity as powerful winds and rain knocked down trees and damaged homes and boats. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

Slate senior editor Andy Bowers talks with NPR's Noah Adams about existing California laws that restrict vehicles over 6,000 pounds from driving on some local roads. Bowers found that in Southern California, SUVs that exceed that weight restriction systematically break those laws -- but owners of some of the largest SUVs don't seem to realize it.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a ruling by a federal judge that a gender-discrimination lawsuit against the giant Wal-Mart retail chain could move forward as a class action suit. The decision makes this the largest civil-rights action case ever brought against a private employer in the United States, and could involve more than 1.6 million current and former employees.

A ruling on affirmative action came down this morning, 6-3 in favor of gutting the policy.

In his weekly radio address Saturday morning, President Obama said his $3.6 trillion budget proposal reflects the priorities of the voters he met on the campaign trail, but he acknowledged not everyone shares those priorities.

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with criminal counts in four separate cases — all as he's running for president again. Here's the status of each one.

Cookbook author Julia Turshen says cooking should be flexible: "[Recipes] are kind of sold to people as prescriptions, these really precise things, ... but I think there's very rarely a wrong answer.

Dutch scientists cooked up the first hamburger made from laboratory-grown meat. Researcher Nicholas Genovese, who is studying stem cell lines for in vitro meat, and journalist Josh Schonwald, who ate the burger, give us their review.

As summer travel surges, so does COVID. Experts share advice on how to prepare ahead of time in case you are infected on a vacation or visit — and what to do if you get that dreaded positive test.

Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, and Kevin Merida of the Washington Post, discuss the book Come On People, co-authored by Bill Cosby and Dr. Alvin Poussaint. Dyson has been a vocal critic of Cosby, calling him an out-of-touch elitist. Dyson and Merida talk about the plight of black men and where to find common ground with Cosby.

Moises Naim, editor and publisher of Foreign Policy magazine. His new book is Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats Are Hijacking the Global Economy. In it, Naim describes an international black market in which illegal arms, drugs and knockoff goods trade across the globe.

The FDA has taken a first step towards green-lighting cultivated meat. The agency gave a safety nod to Upside Foods, which provided documentation to show their meat grown from animal cells is safe.

Two out of three women in Papua New Guinea are abused by intimate partners, according to aid groups and the World Health Organization. Volunteers called "human rights defenders" have helped hundreds.

Testing shows wells in Whitted had enough PFAS to pose potential health risks. Funding is approved to get the area onto a public drinking water supply, but such change is usually slow in Black neighborhoods.

Robert Caro's "The Power Broker" was published 50 years ago this month. We meet the author, and learn why he delves so deep in his research.

Black students and students with a disability are twice as likely to be suspended, according to an analysis of federal data for NPR.

In an effort to ease the disparities in vaccination rates of communities of color, Pinellas officials and a local organization are teaming up to offer COVID-19 vaccine sites in St. Petersburg.

The state reported 888 new deaths from COVID-19 in the week ending Thursday. That comes after four straight weeks where new deaths surpassed 1,100.

Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right group were convicted Thursday on seditious conspiracy charges stemming from the U.S. Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding its flu vaccine recommendations this year. Before, the CDC advised the vaccine for infants between 6 months and 23 months. Now, it says healthy children between 6 months and 5 years old should get vaccinated.