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On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Melinda French Gates talks about learning to trust again after her divorce.

The U.S. economy is in a sweet spot, with unemployment at a near 50-year low and an inflation rate that's low and stable. But that combination — low unemployment and low inflation — has economists at the Fed wondering if a theory they've had about how the economy works is still relevant.

On Wednesday night, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., 12 people, including a sheriff's sergeant, were shot and killed during college night at a bar. The gunman is also dead.

Days before ex-prince Andrew's arrest, an anti-monarchy group filed a police report alleging criminal activity by the king's brother.

ICE and Border Protection are cracking down on U.S. Permanent Residents with long-resolved criminal records. Now Green Card holders are afraid to leave the country, for fear of not being allowed back.

Iowa elected women to Congress for the first time on Tuesday. Cindy Axne will represent the 3rd district and talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about flipping a Republican seat and how she plans to run it.

Philadelphia has hired a service to clean up after violent shootings outdoors. The idea is to minimize community trauma when neighbors do the cleaning themselves or firefighters hose away the blood.

A coyote was spotted swimming to Alcatraz and now appears to be thriving. Ecologist Christopher Schell at the University of California Berkeley has been following this saga.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Congressman Peter Meijer of Michigan about the hearing of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken regarding the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Democrats are trying to get voters to connect their agenda to pocketbook issues of the moment. They are also struggling to get the party together to pass President Biden's Build Back Better bill.