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NPR's Don Gonyea plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and listener Cat Dickey of New Orleans.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Justice Department on April 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. He tested positive for COVID-19 within hours of making remarks.

Attorney General Garland tests positive for COVID

The 69-year-old cabinet member asked to be tested after learning he may have been exposed to the virus and he is not experiencing symptoms.

Public gets the chance to respond to Onondaga Lakefront revitalization plans

The City of Syracuse, Onondaga County and New York State are looking for ideas from the public to revitalize the Onondaga Lakefront.

Warren Buffett, right, speaks alongside Bill and Melinda Gates as they detail Buffett's financial gift to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Buffett Gift Sends $31 Billion to Gates Foundation

Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and founder of Berkshire Hathaway, has announced he is donating much of his fortune to charity. Over time, most of Buffett's $44 billion in stock holdings will be given to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Sunday Puzzle: Just a d away

Falguni Adams plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

'P___' of What?

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a two-week challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Dr. Laurie Abbott from Las Cruces, N.M. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KRWG in Las Cruces.)

Norris Johnson, the reporter's 5-year-old, uses his talking laptop.

Wishing for a Silent Night in Toyland

Michele Norris says she's had enough of chatty dolls, singing globes and anything else with a talking microchip. All those annoying playthings make her wonder: Why are toys so loud?

Sunday Puzzle: Bearing arms

Jennifer Snyder plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Impatient with the pace of government work, some in Peuken Bada have begun building modest homes on the foundations of homes destroyed by tsunami.

Indonesians Frustrated by Slow Rebuilding

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono meets with President Bush this week. As the two leaders discuss economic reform and human rights in Indonesia, efforts to rebuild areas devastated by a tsunami at the end of 2004 continue.

Sunday Puzzle: Opposites attract

NPR's Sarah McCammon plays the puzzle with winner Benjamin Mousseau from Bellevue, Washington, with puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

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