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NPR's Kate Seelye reports from Damascus on efforts to restore many of the city's old homes, which are considered architectural and artistic treasures. After the exodus of the Syrian middle class in the 1950s and 1960s, many of these homes have been damaged by subdivision and neglect.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports more than 30 heads of state from Latin America and the Caribbean gather in Quebec City this weekend to discuss trade and hemispheric cooperation. The main item on the agenda is a free trade zone encompassing all of the Americas.

Susan Hansen reports on the death of a teenage Vermont girl. The case has exposed a prostitution ring run out of New York City that uses girls who were supposed to be in Vermont state custody.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Brian Malin from Purchase, N.Y. (He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WNYC in New York City.)

Owen Finnegan drives cab number 724 in the city of Los Angles. He also acts alongside Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, a summer blockbuster that just opened this week. Finnegan joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss his burgeoning career.

Many North Carolina residents remain without power and drinking water days after being hit by Hurricane Isabel. Reporter Jessica Jones visited Elizabeth City, N.C., to see how people were coping with the cleanup.

Communities across the country were wracked by continued gun violence this weekend, with at least 10 mass shootings in Philadelphia, Chattanooga, and other cities.

Ukrainian soldiers are still entrenched in a bloody ground war for the eastern city of Bakhmut.

Reports say floods washed away entire neighborhoods in the city of Derna.

The longest-serving woman senator ever will be laid to rest Thursday after a memorial service at San Francisco's City Hall.