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The Dixie Chicks are back after a three-year break with a new album, Taking the Long Way. It's the band's first release after it experienced a furious backlash in 2003 after an anti-Bush comment by lead singer Natalie Maines.

The launch of the uncrewed space vehicle was scheduled for Tuesday but is being pushed back because Tropical Storm Ian might hit Florida next week as a hurricane.

NPR's Miles Parks plays the puzzle with listener Elie Dolgin of Somerville, Massachusetts along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

A story about a heroic air-traffic controller prompts a listener to share a long-held wish — and a family gets a chance to thank the controller who saved the life of many people by averting a midair disaster three decades ago.

The musician, who played bass and sang with the influential all-women country music band from 1989-93, was pronounced deceased on the scene.

The Royal Family says Anne, 73, is expected to make a full recovery following the "incident" at her Gatcombe Park estate.

Before her family went into hiding, Anne Frank gave away some of her toys to her neighbor, Toosje Kupers. The gift included a set of marbles, now on display at at an art gallery in Rotterdam. NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to note the childhood gift.

Jeanette Barrett, a former and longtime McLean County clerk, has died at age 99. Barrett served as county clerk for 21 years and retired in 1998.

Seven years into his 60-year sentence, Yutico Briley wrote a letter to Emily Bazelon, who writes about the criminal justice system. They both reflect on Briley's long path to exoneration.

Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United said in February they had come to common ground in moving forward for the rest of the year. But the union says Starbucks has not kept its end of the commitment.