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Weekend Edition entertainment critic reviews the new Robert Altman movie "Kansas City."

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On the second anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, family and friends remember loved ones they've lost. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports.

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Scott with some thoughts about New York City's mayor Rudolph Guiliani's feud with the United Nations.

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Scott with some thoughts on a speech by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Chinese Immigration

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on how one Italian city has adapted to the influx of Chinese immigrants.

A circus-themed streetcar approaches a pedestrian crosswalk in Guangzhou, China.

In D.C. And China, Two Approaches To A Streetcar Unconstrained By Wires

D.C. has struggled to roll out a streetcar line that uses both overheard wires and off-wire, battery power. In southern China, though, a new supercapacitor-powered tramline is already up and running.

There was a lot of excitement in 2012, when the Hiriko car was unveiled at this event at European Union headquarters in Brussels. At the time, the then-president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, hailed the car as a trans-Atlantic "exchange between the world of science and the world of business."

How A Folding Electric Vehicle Went From Car Of The Future To 'Obsolete'

Engineers at MIT developed an electric, shareable car that would fold to conserve parking spaces. A prototype was made for production in Europe. But why did this promising auto never hit the road?

A few families are returning to heavily damaged neighborhoods on the outskirts of Mosul's old city. The residents must be cleared by a committee that certifies they are not ISIS members before they start to move back to repair their homes.

As East Mosul Comes Back To Life, West Mosul Remains In Ruins

Three months after ISIS was pushed out of Mosul, the eastern half of the Iraqi city is bustling and growing. But the badly damaged western half is in ruins, and its residents are angry and resentful.

Elizabeth Gilbert On 'City Of Girls'

Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert has a new novel. NPR's Scott Simon talks to the best-selling writer about City of Girls.

Since the 1980s, the image of Compton has been shaped around the world by rap groups like N.W.A and movies like <em>Straight Outta Compton</em>, a new film that depicts the group's rise in the chaotic 1980s and 1990s. These murals at Compton City Hall promote an image overhaul: "Birthing a New Compton."

The Compton You Haven't Seen On Screen

While the new film Straight Outta Compton may be Hollywood's attempt to keep it real, Compton's reality in 2015 is quite different from the stream of images pop culture has churned out since the '80s.

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