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The best and most easily-watched meteor shower of the year is happening this weekend. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jackie Faherty, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science.

An Afghan Supreme Court official and 12 mine clearers were also among those killed in several attacks since late Friday.

Fifty years ago Sunday, the Supreme Court told Ollie's Barbecue in Birmingham, Ala., that the government had a right to order it — and all restaurants — to seat African-Americans.

Our panelists predict what United States souvenir William and Kate will take back to the Queen in England.

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Viking Cruise Lines; Peregrine Air; Whisker Wonderland.

Thousands marched in D.C. and New York and hundreds in Boston, spurred on by anger over the fatal police shootings of Michael Brown and Tamir Rice and the choking death of Eric Garner.

They parade in swimsuits. They swan in evening gowns. And they bring global health issues into the spotlight.

Members of African-American fraternities and sororities are among the thousands of people who have joined recent demonstrations. But some of those groups discourage displaying official gear.

Karen Dawisha's new book Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia shows how Russian president Vladimir Putin has enabled his cronies to become enormously wealthy under his kleptocratic rule.