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NPR's Scott Simon asks engineering professor Norma Alcantar about how the innards of a cactus can filter water. She got the idea from her grandmother, who knew about its unique cleansing properties.

Scott Simon talks with Councilmember Dan Garodnick about his support of a bill that would limit the movement of people in costumes in New York City's Times Square.

The college basketball season is winding down just as the Major League Baseball begins.

The next big presidential contest is Tuesday's primary in Wisconsin. Ted Cruz is hoping to overtake Donald Trump and keep Trump's delegate lead from growing.

On Sunday, 12 days after the deadly attacks on Brussels, the airport is partially reopening. Meanwhile, authorities are cracking down on protests and named another suspect in a foiled plot on Paris.

Bill reads three news-related limericks...You Must Be This Drunk To Enter, The Curious Case of David Crosby, Eau de B.O.

The death toll in the road collapse is now at 26, NPR's Julie McCarthy reports. Several officials from the firm that built the overpass face charges of attempted murder and criminal conspiracy.

Researchers drop in. They take specimens. And they head home and don't share. That's no way to fight an epidemic. Can they do things differently when it comes to Zika?

New technology, new safety measures, and a new relationship with Cuba are what reporter Jesse Sanchez says will be the big stories in baseball this year.

Despite being overwhelmed by the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants last year, most Swedes still believe if refugees are fully integrated into Swedish life, they will eventually become an asset.