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The British are crazy for actor and comedian Russell Brand, but he's not content to stop with his compatriots. With a comic triumph as a bad-boy rocker in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and a startlingly frank memoir called My Booky Wook, Brand is shooting for Stateside stardom.

Weekend Edition's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzle master Will Shortz play this week's puzzle with WXXI and WYPR listener Jonathan Sussman of Pittsford, N.Y.

The CDC said the source has not been determined but said many of the sickened people had reported eating sandwiches with romaine lettuce at Wendy's restaurants in four Midwestern states.

With Disney's live-action version of The Little Mermaid, a new generation of fans will have a new princess under the sea, played by African American actor Halle Bailey.

University of Florida announced a search committee has unanimously recommended Nebraska GOP Sen. Ben Sasse as the lone finalist for the job.

The cost of the White House's student loan forgiveness plan is an estimate over a 30-year period and will add to the country's deficit, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report.

The pianist's massive technique makes short order of Rachmaninov's most difficult concerto.

Podokesaurus holyokensis, which lived millions of years ago in what is now Massachusetts, has been named the state's official dinosaur under legislation signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker.

Puzzle listener Kristal All plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster, Will Shortz, and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

A rapturous reception as Pope Francis celebrates Mass with a million worshipers in the capital Kinshasa.