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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and WFAE listener, Sarah Garber of Cornelius, North Carolina.

Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years.

Shifts in vaccine guidance under the Trump administration are leaving many people confused about seasonal shots. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Dr. Jeff Duchin of the Vaccine Integrity Project.

Earlier this year, Fonda made headlines for delivering a fiery critique of the Trump administration during a SAG-AFTRA award acceptance speech. "This is not the time to go inward," Fonda says.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Ellis Boyle said the allegations against Zachary Newell of Newport “deeply disturb” federal law enforcement agents and “have no place in our society, certainly not in Eastern North Carolina.”

The owners said an engineering team has carefully inspected the entire pier and have identified the repairs necessary; a contractor intends to start the work as soon as possible.

Officials with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission said black bears increase the amount of food they eat in late summer through fall, to prepare for the colder months when natural food is less available. It’s called hyperphagia and it means “extreme appetite.”

The air is turning cooler and the kids are back in school, and that means it’s time for the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Southport-Fort Fisher, Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes to make their annual transitions to off-season schedules.



This year's Fall Litter Sweep also serves as a lead-up to the Great American Cleanup, the nation's largest-ever community improvement initiative.