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Melissa Block talks with Patti Hall, who was working on the third floor of the Murrah Federal Building when it was bombed. She suffered 40 broken bones, a collapsed lung and has undergone 18 surgeries in the last 10 years.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is June Newmark from Las Vegas, Nevada. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KNPR in Las Vegas.

The demonstrator was a member of the Forest Defenders, a group of activists living in the South River Forest to protest a proposed $90 million police training facility.

The restrictions include guest limits, requiring hosts to be present and prohibiting locked internal doors so guests have full access.

After hearing testimony — including from the shooter Andrew Lester and his victim — a Clay County judge quickly ruled that there was enough evidence to move the case forward.

After 23 years, star quarterback Tom Brady is finally, for real, 100% retired.

Low-wage workers in highly exploitative industries, many of whom are immigrants, are fighting for better working conditions and pay.

This week, we take a look at the city of Buffalo, New York, both past and present. The tour begins with the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, which heralded Buffalo as the city of the future, a place where hydropower made the widespread use of electricity possible. Mark Goldman, author of City on the Lake: The Challenge of Change in Buffalo, New York, serves as Liane Hansen's tour guide of present-day Buffalo. Their first view of the city is from Canada, where Goldman says you can see Buffalo's long history layed out before you. Next, they venture down Main Street, where we meet singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, who has based her company, Righteous Babe Records, in her hometown of Buffalo.

The late author Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill A Mockingbird, also once wrote a scathing review of Trump's Taj Mahal. The criticism is in a 26-year-old letter which is up for auction.

The move by Attorney General Jeff Sessions comes after a federal judge blocked a key part of the directive, the threat of withholding federal funds.