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In Massachusetts, records related to sexual assault and domestic violence are kept secret. The law is supposed to protect victims, but an investigation finds it also protects perpetrators and police.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly interviews reporter Tyler Falk of Current about the CEO of American Public Media stepping down as employees express frustration regarding racial and gender equity.

Travis Gienger spent six months growing the largest pumpkin in North American history, then he drove it from Minnesota to California over the weekend.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Los Angeles Time columnist Gustavo Arellano about the president of the Los Angeles City Council resigning her leadership post after she made racist remarks.

Authorities are investigating after a rookie police officer shot a 17-year-old who was eating in his car in the parking lot of a San Antonio, Texas, McDonald's just over a week ago.

Little green worms are crawling all over the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Scientists attribute the outbreak to recent heavy rains. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on Oct. 1, 2022.)

Immigrant workers, many undocumented, are helping to clean up parts of Southwest Florida devastated by Hurricane Ian. But Gov. Ron DeSantis is openly hostile about undocumented people in his state.

Today's political polarization makes it seem harder than ever to tackle climate change. Republican Bob Dixson says the goals of going green aren't only for liberals. His town of Greensburg was hit by an unusually strong tornado, and now he's working on a White House task force to prepare communities like his.

The state's historic drought has been bad for farmers but good for gold seekers, who can now pan areas that have long been buried under feet of water.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Cindy McCain, the widow of Republican senator and presidential candidate John McCain, about her endorsement of Joe Biden for president.