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Gloria Estefan is about to release her new album, simply called "The Standards." It's a collection of classic Latin and American romantic songs. Cuban-born Estefan speaks with host Rachel Martin about her latest album and her long career.

Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Dina Temple-Raston about National Intelligence Director James Clapper's statement that NSA surveillance is "fully debated and authorized by Congress."

A new Human Rights Watch report finds that both government and opposition forces have attacked schools and endangered students. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin speaks with the report's author, Priyanka Motaparthy.

If there is a jewel in the crown of the prime minister's decade in power, it's Turkey's enviable record of growth. But with protesters clogging downtown Istanbul, business owners say his failure to quickly calm things down has them nervous.

The U.S. troops were killed by an Afghan officer at a remote checkpoint. Eight NATO troops have been killed in similar insider attacks over the past three days. In the attack on which the women were casualties, the alliance said 45 insurgents were killed.

Weekend Edition host Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro and Scott Horsley about the upcoming presidential debate, the second of the election. Tuesday's debate will take place at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., and will have a town hall-style format.

The Mexican government is launching an investigation into a helicopter crash that resulted in the death of one of the country's top officials. NPR's Mexico correspondent Jason Beaubien talks to host Audie Cornish about what prompted the probe.

Jasmine Garsd and Felix Contreras, hosts of NPR's Latin alternative music podcast Alt.Latino, share two Argentine songs that fuse new styles with traditional ones.

Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with Tabish Khair about The Thing About Thugs, his new novel about the myths of murderous Indian cult of "thugees."

The first high-speed Amtrak trains outside of the Northeast Corridor are racing through parts of Michigan at 110 mph. But President Obama's ambitious high-speed rail initiative is otherwise in a slowdown mode, since lawmakers and some governors have not embraced the program.