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Leslie and Eliot Young are a brother and sister team working on NASA's "New Horizons" mission. A spacecraft the size of a piano left Earth Thursday, headed to Pluto. The Youngs discuss the mission with John Ydstie.

For many readers, Louisa May Alcott is synonymous with her most famous character, Jo March, the spirited sister in Little Women. But author and filmmaker Harriet Reisen says Alcott's life "was no children's book." Reisen's The Woman Behind 'Little Women' premieres Monday night on PBS.

Daphne Caruana Galizia, who investigated corruption in Malta, was killed by a car bomb in 2017. Residents joined her relatives at a march and vigil. It coincides with a trial of the alleged hitmen.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Weekend Edition's Technical Director Stu Rushfield, and his sister Debbie, about their late parents' romance, legacy and values. Their mother, Sally, died Friday.

The Illinois Secretary of State’s office will hold a hearing later this month.

Wiley Cash's new novel follows two sisters whose errant father kidnaps them out of foster care after their mother dies. Cash tells NPR's Rachel Martin about his decision to set the story during Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's 1998 home run battle.

Stephen Lipp has gone through Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Hurricane Harvey in Texas. By now, he's learned a few things about dealing with disaster.

Dave Weld is one of the founding members of the Chicago Blues Band Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials. But his Chicago Blues history dates back to his time…

A key piece of funding that could go a long way to help solve the City of Bloomington structural deficit and help fund other initiatives is being…

Editors note: this interview is part of a special edition of Sound Ideas celebrating WGLT's 50th anniversary.Before there was a WGLT, there was a campus…