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The NY Philharmonic has commissioned 19 women to create new works to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment. It's called Project 19.

Kori Schake, a foreign policy adviser to President George W. Bush, is one of the Republicans who's declared support for Hillary Clinton. Scott Simon talks with her about her choice.

Health officials have confirmed that four people in South Florida appear to have contracted Zika from local mosquitoes. They're the first cases of local transmission on the U.S. mainland.

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews linguist Deborah Tannen about the nuances behind the adjectives "woman," "female" and others, when discussing occupations.

Israel says the remains of three hostages have been handed over from Gaza and will be examined by forensic experts as a month-old ceasefire holds.

A three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a North Carolina law that requited voter identification. The unanimous decision found the law was "passed with racially discriminatory intent."

NPR is saying goodbye to the building that has housed Weekend Edition Saturday and many of its other programs for 19 years. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon brings some of his colleagues favorite "Hallway moments" as they bid farewell.

Almost 5 million Americans have been searching for work for at least six months. This week, their plight is getting a bit tougher as the government cuts their unemployment benefits — part of the automatic reductions in federal spending that took effect recently.

Job growth plummeted in March after several months of solid growth, with employers adding just 88,000 new workers to their payrolls. No one knows exactly why the job market stalled, but among the theories is the payroll tax increase, the sequester, more trouble in Europe and a seasonal pattern where hiring picks up in winter and tails off during the spring.

After a rocky start on Friday, talks on Iran's nuclear program have resumed in earnest in Kazakhstan. Western officials say Iran failed to respond to the latest plan to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for a modest easing of sanctions, but both sides seem to be working to salvage the diplomatic effort. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon Scott Simon talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon, who is following the talks in Almaty.