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On this date in 1933 the city of Chicago hosted the first-ever Major League Baseball all-star game. And in 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into...

On this date in 1940 the first telecast from a helicopter took place. And in 1950, a ball of goo created by accident during World War II first went on...

Rosie the Riveter became an iconic symbol of the millions of women who worked industrial jobs during WWII. Dozens, now in their 90s and 100s, are accepting a Congressional gold medal on their behalf.

Airs Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

Appraisal: Early 20th-Century Automotive Racing Archive, from Junk in the Trunk 6.

Our Season 6 premiere features an Afro-fusion designer, the band Mungbean and more.

Weekend Edition works hard to bring you the stories that matter. But they have to sift out the ones that don't. Sometimes they're still worth a mention, like this week's Olympics-themed dead pitch.

Vacations are where we do some of our most serious thinking, but when it comes to summer reading, we often reach for mindless reads. This year, beautifully written memoirs — about unspeakable loss, motherhood and the process of healing — offer substantial stories that tear at the heart.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Ayman Safadi, Jordan's deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister, about the risk of an all-out war in Lebanon. Jordan has ties to Israel, Lebanon and the U.S.