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  • Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, right, arrives for a court hearing in San Francisco Thursday. Mueller has been overseeing talks about a settlement between Volkswagen, the U.S. government, and the car company's customers.
    VW Will Buy Back Some Diesel Cars, Announcing A Deal With U.S.
    The agreement addresses "what to do about the 2-liter diesel cars on the road and the environmental consequences resulting from their excess emissions," the Justice Department says.
  • Every July, up to 1 million people gather in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona for nine days of merriment.
    Running With The Bulls, But The Fear Is Financial
    As a journalist, Lauren Frayer came to Pamplona to see if Spain's dismal economy would dampen the spirit of the country's biggest summertime festival, the running of the bulls. But there was another reason, too.
  • American and Cuban flags in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami.
    Republican Lock On Florida's Cuban-American Vote May Be Over
    For those reading tea leaves from the presidential election, here's something else to digest from the swing state of Florida: There are signs that the long relationship between politically active Cuban-Americans and the Republican Party is beginning to fray.
  • Week In Sports: NBA Season Hits Halfway Point
    The NBA's All-Star Game is just next weekend, and it's a surprise which teams are hottest going into the break. In Pennsylvania, the Paterno family is gearing up to address last summer's devastating Freeh Report. Civil War-era baseball also made headlines this week. NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman shares all this with Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon.
  • Direct Relief has been shipping medical supplies to West Africa.
    This May Be The Largest Private Donation To Fight Ebola
    Philanthropist Paul Allen is giving at least $100 million to support health care workers battling Ebola. Here's a look at his goals — and at contributions from other charitable groups.
  • A slice of "Derby-Pie" from Kern's Kitchen. The Kern family is said to have created the pie in 1950 as the signature item for a restaurant it used to operate. What people commonly call "derby pie" is like an embellished pecan pie: sticky, sweet filling made with bourbon and chocolate chips. Ironically, Kern's recipe is made without bourbon, and it uses walnuts instead of pecans.
    What's Inside A 'Derby Pie'? Maybe A Lawsuit Waiting To Happen
    Around Louisville, "derby pie" is de rigueur fare for the Kentucky Derby. But the pie's creators are real sticklers about what can be called a "derby pie" — and they're not afraid to sue over it.
  • The U.N. Wants You To Take A Selfie, Spin Around, Listen To A Llama
    It's all part of the crazy, creative campaign to get people to pay attention to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that the United Nations will endorse this coming week.
  • Mustafa Abdul Saleh (at right front), a 20-year-old Kurd from Syria, confers with a Kurdish interpreter (left), during his trial in Szeged, Hungary. Saleh passed through a hole in the razor wire fence that Hungary has built on its border with Serbia. Breaching the fence is a criminal offense, and Saleh was expelled from Hungary and ordered back into Serbia.
    Hungary Steps Up Arrest And Deportation Of Migrants
    While Hungarian authorities are transporting some migrants directly to Austria, they are also arresting others for illegal entry — and deporting them after brief court proceedings.
  • "Trucking is not a 9 to 5 job. It's really a 24-hour operation," says Cody Blankenship, owner of 4BTrucking, which operates out of Waco, Texas. He logs about 100,000 miles a year on the road. A planned run during harvest time this year will keep him away from home, and his young daughters, for a five-week stretch.
    These Are The People Who Haul Our Food Across America
    Farmers, chefs and small-batch producers get a lot of praise these days. Truckers are rarely mentioned — yet most of the food that ends up on our dinner tables depends on their labor.
  • A SpaceX rocket waits to be launched at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in March. If all goes as planned, the private company's rocket will be the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station.
    NASA, SpaceX Aim To Launch Private Era In Orbit
    If all goes well, an unmanned capsule will become the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. SpaceX and NASA have been working together to make this launch happen, navigating cultural differences between the young startup and the veteran agency.
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