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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WESA listener Alice Doolittle of Pittsburgh, PA and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

The number of firearms found at airport security checkpoints has reached an all-time high. Agency officials said the No. 1 reason passengers give is that they forgot they were carrying them.

After a strike-related delay, television's prestigious awards ceremony will air on Monday.

The radish is quite often the first annual to appear in many gardens and farmers markets, and almost always vastly misunderstood.

The U.S. confronts its rival Mexico for the World Cup Qualifier; Cincinnati faces an uphill battle to the College Football Playoffs; and sports overtakes politics in Americans' news consumption.

Brothers Ron and Russell Mael have made music as Sparks for more than five decades, mostly under the radar despite superstar fans. Now, a new documentary and a buzzy musical put them in the spotlight.

The president is set to address a joint session of Congress Wednesday night, a speech that takes stock of what he's done in his first 100 days in office, and a look ahead to what he hopes to do next.

But a top aide to Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted that she spoke to the treasury secretary Wednesday about a standalone measure to help airlines. A previous attempt to do this failed amid GOP opposition.

Detroit and Birmingham, Ala., top a new national list of school district boundaries that separate the haves from the have nots.

The country's top track and field athletes are competing in Eugene, Ore., over the next several days — running, jumping and throwing for a chance to represent the U.S. in this year's summer Olympics.