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Karen Michel reports on "Brain Opera," a multi-media performance iece by M.I.T. techno/composer Todd Machover. It is currently playing at incoln Center in New York City.

NPR's Jackie Northam examines how one YMCA in Chicago brought some of the city's richest and poorest residents together for more than 20 years.

As part of our ongoing series on the presidential candidates' stump speeches, we broadcast an excerpt of Ralph Nader's speech Saturday in New York City.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Al Stanger from University City, Missouri. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KWMU in St. Louis.)

Former Pres. Donald Trump visited Aurora, Colo., as he continues to push anti-immigrant messages as part of his presidential campaign.

After more than a month of airstrikes by the U.S., the extremist group still controls nearly a third of Iraq, including the city of Mosul. But residents there say the bombings are lifting morale.

More than 20 states and many major cities have mandated vaccines for public employees, but police unions are pushing back, warning of staffing shortages amid a nationwide uptick in violent crime.

Chicago's Circle Interchange highway loop was renamed after Jane Byrne this week, the city's first and only female mayor. Scott Simon talks with Kathy Byrne about her mother's legacy.

London completely dominates the political, cultural and economic life of the U.K. to an extent rarely seen elsewhere. That imbalance has been an issue in the run-up to Thursday's election.

Gov. Newsom is encouraging cities and counties to do the same. The move comes a month after a Supreme Court ruling made it easier to force people to move even if they have nowhere else to go.