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The number of California prison inmates on a hunger strike has dramatically dropped. But 12,000 inmates still refused to eat for a fourth consecutive day…

Mohammed Morsi has been detained since a July 3 military coup in Cairo.

The Native American pageant's goal was to help counter racism in Sheridan, Wyo., though some say it only reinforced stereotypes.

The director talks to NPR's Audie Cornish about Japanese cinema, growing up watching kaiju films like Godzilla in Mexico, and his new action epic, Pacific Rim.

San Francisco General Hospital says the victim had been treated in its pediatric unit. The hospital has treated 67 victims from the flight — 36 adults and 31 children. Most those people have been released.

U.S. stock futures are up today, a day after the stock market closed at record highs. Given the still sluggish economy, why is the stock market doing so well?

"When you play it, you can really feel it because you're sitting close to the pipes. It's almost as if you're becoming a part of the instrument."

One week after a runaway train derailed and blew up in a small Quebec town, investigators are still searching for the missing. Twenty-eight are confirmed dead. The company that operates the railroad blames the employee who parked the train for the tragedy in Lac-Megantic.

Saudi Arabia gave $5 billion in aid to Egypt this week. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks to Robert Powell, a Saudi Arabia specialist at the Economist Intelligence Unit, about what the gift signifies in terms of Saudi's influence there.

Whether it's a boy or a girl, Kate Middleton and Prince William's baby, due to be born Saturday, will become third living heir to the British throne. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks to Daily Mail columnist Robert Hardman about the royal baby.