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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer plays the puzzle with KCRW listener Mark Powell of Tujunga, California and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

The Federal Reserve lowered a key interest rate on Tuesday by three-quarters of a percentage point, a hefty cut that nonetheless was smaller than many analysts had expected. The federal funds rate now stands at 2.25 percent, the lowest since February 2005. It makes it easier for consumers and businesses to borrow money.

Can staring stop smoking? That's what Hong Kong's health minster prescribes when someone smokes where they shouldn't. Since law enforcement can't stop all naughty smokers, maybe public shaming might.

As summer wraps up, we look back on the books that defined the season.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Pat Benatar and her husband Neil Giraldo about their 35 years as a music-business power couple.

Questlove reflects on the Roots and his lifetime in music. Public Enemy's Chuck D discusses politically conscious rap. Hip-hop mogul Diddy says he's always been motivated to be "the best."

Two women met online and discovered a shared history: one is the descendant of an enslaved man. And the other is a descendant of the man in Alabama who enslaved him.

Soccer fans visiting Argentina have found a creative way to taunt locals by tearing up the country's currency. Now they can face jail time for doing so.

The U.S. Coast Guard said three sailors identified as Kerry O'Brien, Frank O'Brien and William Gross were last heard from on April 4. They were aboard a 44-foot boat due to stop in Cabo San Lucas.

Body camera footage shows two police officers responding to a routine call about a possible burglary in North Carolina. The encounter comes to a bad end, but what's fascinating is how it gets there.