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NPR's Jackie Northam reports on the opening of the nation's first Transgender Center. The facility will support people dealing with transsexual issues.

NPR's Neda Ulaby reports on Before Outsider Art, She Was In: A new exhibition that brings together the most popular works by Anna Mary Robertson, known as Grandma Moses. The artist died in 1961 at age 101.

In rural areas, basic health care can be out of reach. Keller Rinaudo founded Zipline, a delivery company that uses drones to deliver necessary medical supplies within hours, even minutes.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Yoelles Josephs from San Diego, California. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KPBS in San Diego.)

In the aftermath of the expulsion of 50 Russian intelligence agents from the United States, relations could be taking a Cold War turn. NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the administration's positioning and what retaliatory expulsions of Americans in Russia could mean.

President Biden has arrived in Rome for the G20 summit. Ahead of the summit, Biden meets with several world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and Pope Francis.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports from Chicago on the city school board's new safety policy. It requires that students released from jail or juvenile detention, be evaluated to determine whether they should be allowed to return to their regular school or be sent to an alternative school. The school board says the policy intends to protect other students from violence. Akers visits the "Second Chance" alternative school in South Chicago.

Part II in a week-long series of essays from prospective college students. Today we hear from Ambar Espinoza, of University High School in West Los Angeles, who tells about growing up in a single-parent family. Read the essays online.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from Las Vegas on the attempts of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), to unionize Wal-Mart's nearly one million employees. But Wal-Mart's deep pockets and extremely high employee turnover rates are big obstacles for UFCW.

We hear opinions from some Californians about the approval of higher electricity prices.

NPR's Richard Gonzales brings us up to date on the energy crunch that is creating serious problems for the biggest state economy.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that penalized operators of an anti-abortion website for listing the names of abortion doctors. The appeals court said the threat to the doctors was not explicit enough to justify censure.