Weekend Edition Saturday

Transportation officials have restricted helicopter flights around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after Wednesday's mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet.

Paleontologists have discovered what they believe to be vomit from 66 million years ago.

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the canal.

President Trump is fulfilling an often-repeated campaign promise to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, while also issuing a flurry of executive actions bypassing Congress.

NPR's Scott Simons speaks to Maha Nassar, a professor at the University of Arizona, about how Palestinians will view the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to the White House next week.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Robert Littell about Leon Trotsky's time living in the Bronx. Littell is the author of "Bronshtein in the Bronx."

NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.

Most Louisianans no longer speak French but more and more schools in the state are teaching it. One small school, southwest of New Orleans, is immersing students in the state's local dialects.

In 1947, Indiana teenager John Miley began recording radio sports broadcasts. There are now more than 44,000 of them in his collection.

Siegel is the first American to be released as part of this deal. A total of 18 hostages have been released since the ceasefire took effect. Hundreds of Palestinians have been released so far.