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Baseball playoffs begin Tuesday with some familiar teams: the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and LA Dodgers. But the San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians are back.

George E. Hardy was the youngest Red Tail fighter pilot at 19 years old and completed 21 missions across Europe during World War II.

Daniel talks with astronomer Andrew Fraknoy about the making of a new star. This past week, the Hubble space telescope beamed dramatic pictures a star embryo back to earth.

At least four people were killed in an attack on a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints location in Michigan on Sunday. Investigators believe the suspect opened fire on congregants before deliberately setting the church on fire.

The rock band Wilco's latest CD, A Ghost is Born, was recorded during the lead singer's battle with an addiction to painkillers, among other distractions. Many of the Chicago group's songs reflect this tense and hallucinatory period in the singer's life. Critic Tom Moon has a review.

In the latest allegation of abuse to emerge from Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi-born Swedish citizen says he's filed a compensation claim with the U.S. Army for torture he endured at the prison camp last fall. Now recuperating in the United States, Saleh -- who asked NPR not to use his first name -- says he also witnessed U.S. prison guards kill five inmates without provocation. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports. [Editor's note: This piece contains graphic language.]

between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and President Clinton. Arafat is trying to rally support against the Israeli government decision to build thousands of Jewish homes in East Jerusalem, a mostly Arab section of the city. The Israelis say they have every right to build the new homes, despite Palestinian claims that the construction violates the latest peace agreement.

in Congress, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater discussed changes to a six-year-old transportation law which governs spending on everything from interstates to hiking trails. Soon Slater will send an updated version to the Hill for a vote...but he hopes Congress won't want too many changes.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Argentine novelist, Mariana Enriquez, about her new nonfiction book, "Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave." It chronicles her visits to cemeteries across four continents.

We're excited to introduce you to this year's Audio Academy cohort!

In Mexico, September means chiles en nogada season. But one key ingredient, a candied barrel cactus called biznaga, is now illegal because it's vanishing in the wild.