Weekend Edition Saturday : NPR

Missouri Republicans are campaigning to make sure voters know they don't have to split their conscience on the abortion issue this November.

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247653218/abortion-rights-on-the-ballot-wont-necessarily-sink-republicans-in-gop-led-state

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Bruce Japsen, senior healthcare contributor at Forbes, about a major healthcare provider getting hacked and what that means for patients.

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649283/what-we-know-about-the-hacking-attack-that-targeted-the-u-s-healthcare-system

We look at how one town in Colombia pays homage to the donkey at one of the country's most popular annual festivals.

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649276/at-this-annual-festival-in-colombia-donkeys-play-dress-up

New Mexico is the twelfth state to require a waiting period for gun purchases. Safety experts say waiting periods can help reduce gun related suicides, but advocates say more needs to be done.

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649255/new-mexico-becomes-the-latest-state-to-require-waiting-periods-for-gun-purchases

Food writer and editor Ruth Reichl's new book, "The Paris Novel," is a coming-of age story full of the author's favorite things: Art, fashion, literature, 1980s Paris, and - of course - oysters.

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649290/ruth-reichls-the-paris-novel-is-a-coming-of-age-story-set-in-1980s-paris

Widad Kawar, 94, started collecting Palestinian dresses when she was a child in Jerusalem and founded a museum dedicated to Palestinian embroidery. She talks about what has been lost and what end...

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649262/a-small-museum-of-palestinian-embroidery-in-jordan-keeps-ancient-heritage-alive

Former president Donald Trump's trial in New York city proceeds as the Supreme Court appears poised to give him more delay in the federal case over Jan. 6th.

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649234/a-recap-of-trumps-trial-in-nyc-and-why-a-delay-in-the-jan-6-case-is-likely

In the upcoming elections, the German Anti-Immigrant Party seeks votes from Turkish-German Voters.

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649241/germanys-far-right-afd-is-using-tiktok-to-vie-for-the-immigrant-vote

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss how Reggie Bush got his Heisman Trophy back, and the newest star in Chicago sports.

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649269/saturday-sports-reggie-bush-gets-heisman-trophy-back-chicagos-new-football-star

The federal government says it will restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades region in Washington state, where they have not been seen since 1996.

https://npr.org/2024/04/27/1247649248/grizzly-bears-are-coming-back-to-washington-after-no-sightings-in-almost-20-year