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Ben Gomes was ready for the worst when he learned his 92-year-old mother had been dragged by a car. But a stranger saved his mother from a much worse accident.

The Trump administration's overhaul of the U.S. asylum and refugee systems has taken a toll on people fleeing religious persecution, including many Christians from Afghanistan.

Jacki talks with Ben Frizzell, spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. Officials there say over 150-thousand acres of land have been burned because of brush fires. Most of Oklahoma and Texas are experiencing a severe drought. That and high winds and low humidity are creating dangerous fire conditions.

Debuting at No. 14, Ben Mezrich's Once Upon A Time In Russia tells true stories of Russia's mega-wealthy.

As anti-government demonstrators led sheep through the streets of Belgrade today to ridicule the followers of President Slobodan Milosevic, opposition leaders boasted that most Serbians had rallied to their side. But NPR's Edward Lifson reports that in the countryside, rural residents and workers have ben reluctant to join in the demonstrations.

Robert talks with Eliahu Ben-Elissar, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States. The Ambassador tells what he believes to be the problems with the Hebron negotiations, which have thus far prevented an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority regarding control of the West Bank city.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with veteran journalist Richard Ben Cramer about his new book How Israel Lost: The Four Questions.

A new, smart basketball collects data on things like the arc of a jump shot and makes and misses. But can it make you a better shooter? NPR's Juana Summers talks to Ben Dowsett, who wrote about it for WIRED, about how people around the NBA are thinking about using it.

This week on High Plains Morning, we talked to Ben Wilting, the Digital Services Librarian at Amarillo Public Library, about their new MakerSpace — a facility where library cardholders can join together, relax, and work on art, general crafts, sewing/textiles, leatherworking, painting, clay, metalwork, woodworking, jewelry-making, repairs, or even experiment with starting a creative business.

As executive editor, Ben Bradlee led The Washington Post to national acclaim. He was best known as a champion of ambitious reporters and stylish writers, goading them to new heights. He died Tuesday.