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War chokes the Strait of Hormuz, leaving hundreds of oil tankers and container ships stranded and raising alarms of a looming global energy shock and food shortages across the Gulf and beyond.

Sunday's attack brought the death toll to at least 157 people since the Trump administration began targeting alleged drug-smuggling vessels, in early September.

Brent crude reached its highest price since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Gasoline prices in the U.S. are expected to continue to rise.

Voters in Northwest Georgia are choosing who should replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene as voting closes in a special election Tuesday. In a crowded race, the weight of Trump's endorsement will be tested.

President Trump is pushing the Senate to abandon the filibuster and pass the SAVE American Act, a bill top Democrat calls "Jim Crow 2.0."

Iran selected Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader. He is the son of the previous supreme leader. Also on Sunday, the U.S. announced the death of a seventh service member in the war.

Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with BPR listener Wesley Davis and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

The premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia, David Eby, explains why this Sunday is the beginning of a new era of permanent daylight saving time there.

It's a weekend of firsts in Iowa, where the first national women's college wrestling championship is taking place and the first HBCU Division 1 women's wrestling team is fielding players.

Visitors to the Capitol in Washington now have a visible reminder of the siege there on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day.