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NPR's Sarah McCammon plays the puzzle with winner Benjamin Mousseau from Bellevue, Washington, with puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Forty years ago, Congress decided that existing anti-discrimination laws were not enough to overcome racism in the voting process. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. The law helped to tumble the segregationist status quo that kept black voters from the polls.

The man who says he was with JonBenet Ramsey when she died in 1996 will not be charged in the case. The Boulder County District Attorney says no charges will be filed againtst John Mark Karr in the death of the six-year old Colorado girl. Karr's attorney made the announcement this afternoon in Boulder.

President Bush makes a surprise visit to Baghdad to visit Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The president told the new leader and his Cabinet that the future of Iraq is in its citizens' hands, and that it's in the interest of the United States that the mission in Iraq succeeds.

Babe Ruth gave the home run its status as a potent weapon in the game of baseball, the author of a new biography says. "Before [he] came along, the home run was kind of a mistake...," Leigh Montville says.

Have you painted portraits of your parakeet? Sketched your Schnauzer? In honor of National Love Your Pet Day, share an image of your artwork with us — we'll be publishing a selection on NPR.org.

Listener Eric Knispel plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Musk has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in recent years, largely due to Tesla stock plummeting.

An 80-year-old Rhode Island man has a bigger job than most on his hands. Geno Milano's nativity scene has over 400 pieces. The collection has been growing since he began putting it together in 1975.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener John Stembel of Tucker, Georgia along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.