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Michele Norris talks with Scott Graham, editor-in-chief of the Recorder and CalLaw.com, about California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown, President Bush's nominee to a federal appeals court. He explains why some of her opinions on that court have been so controversial.

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with WNYC's Julia Longoria, host of the Supreme Court podcast More Perfect, on the launch of their new season.

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She also answers the question: Is it kosher to receive an organ donation from a pig?

Mortgage rates fell to 6.47% this week, prompting a flurry of refinancing activity. Rates are still much higher than they were a few years ago, however, leaving many homeowners reluctant to move.

President Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Korea. Here's what's at stake.

Videos and eyewitnesses appear to contradict the Trump administration's account of the Minneapolis killing, prompting accusations of excessive force and state concerns about a federal investigation they say is excluding them.

The University of Virginia's President resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. Leila Fadel asks Professor Brenden Cantwell at Michigan State about the impact on public higher education.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sunmin Kim, an assistant professor in Dartmouth College's sociology department, about the reliability of political polling leading up to elections.

For a long time Tesla used its own kind of charger plug and had its own supercharger network. That once-exclusive network is opening up to other EV manufacturers.

Less than 24 hours after the Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to admit international students, the university filed a lawsuit.

Kate Messner's new middle grade novel The Trouble With Heroes Is about a boy who gets into trouble with the law. Instead of juvie, he's tasked with hiking all 46 Adirondack peaks.

Dorothy Parker's posthumously published collection is Poems; Camilla Barnes' debut novel is The Usual Desire to Kill. Both affirm: sharp humor can be grounded in pain.

KPBS's podcast Port of Entry about the borderlands between Tijuana and San Diego explores the complexities of "life on the line."

Michel Martin asks civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about changes in the legal landscape in the years since a former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death.

With federal wildfire response resources nearly maxed out, President Trump says he's consolidating them into a new agency. Congress is trying to tap the brakes.

A judge in New Mexico has dismissed the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin. He'd been charged for the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust.

Zone 2 training is getting a lot of buzz in the fitness world. But what is it and should you care?

Faith communities in Los Angeles are trying to protect their homes and houses of worship from deadly wildfires. They are also trying to provide spiritual support for their traumatized congregations.

For the first time in history, the U.S. isn't at the annual world climate conference called COP30. But some countries say they're OK with that. Countries including China and Brazil are stepping up.

The Department of Justice has been in the news all week, both over its handling of the Epstein investigation and its search of a home of Trump's former national security adviser.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth defends his role in a military strike against suspected drug traffickers in the Carribbean. Members of Congress are demanding more answers.

Christians are in the season of Lent. Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan. Fasting is a part of both faiths' observances. Other religions include periods of fasting as well. What accounts for fasting's longevity across religious traditions?

In a pair of rulings Thursday, judges ordered federal agencies to reinstate thousands of workers who were recently fired. In both cases, the judges said the mass firings appear illegal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to set conditions on ceasefire proposal in Tuesday phone call with President Trump.

A mural of whales promoting conservation was covered up in Dallas to make way for a new mural promoting the FIFA World Cup, which kicks off next month. But the project has stirred up controversy.