Weekend Edition Saturday

Hundreds of Indiana doctors across specialties say a decision by the state's Medical Licensing Board to reprimand Dr. Caitlin Bernard sets a dangerous precedent about what doctors can and can't say.

President Biden gave a rare Oval Office address wrapping up the debt ceiling drama that has kept Washington and financial markets on tenterhooks for weeks.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attended a high-profile security conference in Singapore amid growing tensions with China.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the suspension of horse racing at Churchill Downs, the Stanley Cup Finals in hockey, and game two of the NBA Finals.

Henry Hoke's new novel "Open Throat" follows the perspective of a hungry mountain lion. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hoke, who was inspired by the real life story of the cat "P-22" in Los Angeles.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with McKenzie Kimball, director of a very quirky tradition in Fruita, CO - the "Mike the Headless Chicken Festival."

As the U.S. urges asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico, shelters there are becoming overwhelmed.

How is the writers' strike, entering its second month, affecting content on broadcast and streaming platforms? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Lesley Goldberg of The Hollywood Reporter.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the benefits of including more swear words in our language, which studies say may be associated with signs of intelligence.

Against a backdrop of another deadly climbing season on Mount Everest, NPR's Scott Simon contemplates one story of sacrifice and heroism.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, about President Biden and the debt ceiling deal.

In several Southern states, June 3rd - the birthday of the leader of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis - is still an official holiday.