Service Employees International Union California leader David Huerta was injured in a scuffle with federal agents. Sandra Diaz, vice president of SEIU-USWW California, talks with NPR's Scott Detrow.

Air quality can be impacted by smoke from wildfires. Our reporter set out to build an air filter -- in a style the EPA praised, using only things she already had at home.

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is about to launch an exhibition of historic quilts from a collection that's billed as "one of its kind". But it just lost $260k of federal funding -- ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks journalist Jeff Gerstmann what's next for gaming now that the Nintendo Switch 2 is finally in stores.

In India, sensationalist TV news coverage of fighting between India and Pakistan reveals the polarization of the country's media.

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with Taylor Jenkins Reid about the lives of the first women astronauts as imagined in her new novel, "Atmosphere." ...

Jasmine Amy Rogers has come full circle from a teen actor and singer to a Broadway star nominated for a Tony award.

The odd-looking pre-historic paddlefish is threatened in many states. However, in some, like Minnesota, its numbers are growing. And local officials are tracking the fish's numbers and locations.

Biographer Todd Purdum says Arnaz was more than just "second banana" to Lucy. David Bianculli reviews Pee-wee as Himself.

NPR's Debbie Elliott asks guitarist Hayden Pedigo about his new album, "I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away." ...

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with Karen Gillan, who stars in "The Life of Chuck." The genre-bending is based on a novella of the same title by Stephen King.

We look at the escalating hostilities between President Trump and former White House advisor, Elon Musk. The rift comes as the president's spending bill, derided by Musk, is before the Senate.