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President Obama leaves for the Middle East on Tuesday. He is scheduled to make a major address in Egypt on U.S. relations with the Muslim world. He'll also visit Saudi Arabia. Obama talks about his trip with NPR hosts Steve Inskeep and Michelle Norris.

Major League Baseball has suspended left fielder Manny Ramirez for 50 games after the Los Angeles Dodgers star tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Ramirez issued a statement attributing the test results to medication prescribed for a personal medical issue.

A terrorism trial at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, came to an abrupt halt Monday after a federal judge ruled that the defendant had not been given a chance to show he is a prisoner of war. Salim Ahmed Hamden's lawyers had challenged his detention in federal court. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

Joining YLR Host Jeff Hayden is attorney David Uthman, Law Offices of David Uthman and the San Francisco Traffic Law Clinic, who is also a retired peace officer.

The Trump administration has been pursuing a quiet immigration crackdown strategy: limiting access to health care and public services. The American Academy of Pediatrics is sounding the alarm about the impact on children.

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began Friday, at the end of a week in which at least one U.S. soldier was killed every day. With intense fighting in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, some question what effect the holiday will have on peace efforts. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

There is one gold medal America wins without fail, every four years. It's for the sport of complaining about NBC's tape-delayed coverage of the Olympic Games. Will Americans ever be happy with an Olympics that's not on American soil?

Federal data shows many borrowers who aren't paying their loans went to private, for-profit colleges — schools that often market to low-income students and rely on federal financial aid for revenue.

Mark Zandi, chief economist with Moody's Analytics, talks about the Federal Reserve's expected decision to raise interest rates and the implications of that move.

U.S. Olympic boxing team captain Jamel Herring lost his welterweight bout yesterday, but it's not the first setback he's faced — and he says he won't let his team lose its momentum in the London Olympics because of his defeat.

In a speech earlier this month, author Hilary Mantel said the Duchess of Cambridge "appeared to have been designed by committee and built by craftsmen." Britain's tabloids were outraged, and even the prime minister weighed in.

Long before the policy barring gays from serving openly in the military ended, Air Force 1st Lt. Josh Seefried started OutServe, a network of gay troops on Facebook. Seefried and his partner talk about what it's like being a gay couple in the military — and about new challenges facing gay troops.