The Latest Sports Saturday Sports: The World Series; chaotic times for college football coaches NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Game 6 of the World Series and the chaotic times for college football coaches. Scott Simon Science Too many rats? Birth control is one city's answer Rats aren't just a nuisance. They can carry diseases and are a leading causes of property damage. One community in Massachusetts is trying a novel approach to rat reduction: Birth control. Ari Daniel Science How a great-grandmother helped researchers unravel a dinosaur mummy mystery A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue. Bill Chappell Politics Election Day is Tuesday. Here are 5 questions about what the results might mean While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, the Nov. 4 election will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president. Domenico Montanaro Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier? Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable. Brian Mann Politics Presidents once avoided shutdown travel. This term, Trump has been a frequent flier Not counting his golf outings in Virginia, President Trump spent all or part of 14 days outside of Washington, D.C. during the first 31 days of the shutdown. Tamara Keith National How one legal team is building support for people with cognitive disabilities The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment. Meg Anderson Fresh Air Weekend: Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; Cameron Crowe Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Crowe was just 15 years old when he became a music journalist in 1973. His new memoir is The Uncool. National As SNAP benefits run dry, 'grocery buddies' are footing their neighbors' food bills With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift cards or buying groceries for SNAP recipients in their community. Juliana Kim Education Issaquah on edge after ICE arrest outside preschool A series of immigration arrests has shaken an Issaquah preschool community over the past week. The arrests have also had a ripple effect throughout the city’s education system. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Prev 665 of 1647 Next Sponsored
Sports Saturday Sports: The World Series; chaotic times for college football coaches NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Game 6 of the World Series and the chaotic times for college football coaches. Scott Simon
Science Too many rats? Birth control is one city's answer Rats aren't just a nuisance. They can carry diseases and are a leading causes of property damage. One community in Massachusetts is trying a novel approach to rat reduction: Birth control. Ari Daniel
Science How a great-grandmother helped researchers unravel a dinosaur mummy mystery A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue. Bill Chappell
Politics Election Day is Tuesday. Here are 5 questions about what the results might mean While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, the Nov. 4 election will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president. Domenico Montanaro
Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier? Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable. Brian Mann
Politics Presidents once avoided shutdown travel. This term, Trump has been a frequent flier Not counting his golf outings in Virginia, President Trump spent all or part of 14 days outside of Washington, D.C. during the first 31 days of the shutdown. Tamara Keith
National How one legal team is building support for people with cognitive disabilities The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment. Meg Anderson
Fresh Air Weekend: Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; Cameron Crowe Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Crowe was just 15 years old when he became a music journalist in 1973. His new memoir is The Uncool.
National As SNAP benefits run dry, 'grocery buddies' are footing their neighbors' food bills With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift cards or buying groceries for SNAP recipients in their community. Juliana Kim
Education Issaquah on edge after ICE arrest outside preschool A series of immigration arrests has shaken an Issaquah preschool community over the past week. The arrests have also had a ripple effect throughout the city’s education system. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
