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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Kendra Armer, of San Carlos, California, along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Police officers removed Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park in New York City early Tuesday morning. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the operation took place at night to "reduce the risk of confrontation." But clashes erupted and about 70 people were arrested.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Nick Aldworth, a former U.K. counterterrorism national coordinator, about the investigation into a suspected bomb plot near U.S. operations at an air base in England.

Alex Rodriguez has accepted his season-long ban from baseball and dropped his lawsuits against the MLB and the Players Association. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine about one of baseball's greatest and most infamous players.

Steve Inskeep talks to Mexico's ambassador to the U.S., Gerónimo Gutiérrez, about his country offering refugees temporary work permits if they stay in southern Mexico and don't continue to the U.S.

This year's Video Music Awards brought in more than 860,000 viewers — up about 37% from last year. Is MTV having a moment?

The urinals are not at all subtle. They're bright red and placed in heavily trafficked areas — for example, directly next to the Seine near the Notre Dame Cathedral.

There's not enough evidence that screening the general public for vitamin D deficiency helps reduce the risk of disease, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says.

The new administration's pushback on verifiable facts is unprecedented and shows that the Trump we saw on the campaign trail hasn't changed once he took the oath of office. And it's only been a week.

David Greene talks with Sarah Stillman of The New Yorker about her report on kidnappers in Mexico who are grabbing thousands of Central American migrants every year, as they travel to the U.S.