Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon visited the Inn of Chicago this week, where migrants are now being housed. The building is the same one his father died in 55 years ago.

Authorities say the body of the suspect in the Lewiston, Maine mass shooting has been found, and there is more information about some of the 18 people killed.

NPR's Scott Simon looks back and ahead at Israel's security challenges with Ami Ayalon. He's the former head of Israel's domestic intelligence service.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the World Series, the start of the NBA season, and which NFL teams might be Super Bowl contenders.

The latest on recovery efforts in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco after a devastating Category 5 hurricane.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Emory University law professor Kay Levine about the legal purpose of an apology, like the ones required of those pleading guilty in the Georgia election interference case.

NPR's Scott Simon discusses aid to Gaza with Assistant Secretary-General Lynn Hastings. She is the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has used AI for robocalls in Mandarin, Yiddish, and other languages he doesn't speak IRL. NPR's Scott Simon ponders the downsides of this.

Flag football has long been a staple for gym classes in the U.S. Now it's hitting the big time. It'll be an Olympic sport at the 2028 Los Angeles summer games.

The Egypt Gaza border opens briefly to allow a trickle of much needed aid in, but it is a drop in the ocean for the thousands of Palestinians stuck there.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele talk baseball playoffs and Las Vegas, America's hottest sports city.

Another Republican nominee for speaker of the House of Representatives dropped out. And President Biden tries to galvanize support for aid for two wars.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards about the band's first collection of original tunes in 18 years.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ben Raanan, whose sister and stepmother had been taken hostage by Hamas in Israel earlier this month and freed Friday.

Big Brother is watching her: NPR's Scott Simon talks with Sandra Newman about her novel, "Julia." It's a retelling of George Orwell's "1984" through the eyes of the protagonist's girlfriend.

The first trucks of humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza Saturday morning. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hani Almadhoun from a UN agency overseeing refugees there about the next steps.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Mohanad Hage Ali, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, about the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah's role in the current conflict.

The U.S. economy remains remarkably resilient, despite a sharp rise in interest rates. Mortgage rates are at their highest level in more than two decades.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Israeli peace activists Sally Abed, who is also Palestinian, and Alon-Lee Green, of the group Standing Together, about their hopes for the conflict in Gaza.

A surprising number of Texas tortoises go on the lam. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Brenda Bush of Central Texas Tortoise Rescue about how to keep a tortoise from going astray.