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Record-breaking July 4 travel expected: AAA projects 71 million travelers, up 5.7 million from 2019. Expert advice: arrive early, pack patience.

Cricket is one of the world’s most popular sports, with about 2.5 billion fans. Several of the U.S. team’s starting players are from other countries, including India, Pakistan and New Zealand.

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We explore repertoire from major and minor keys, highlighting how young artists express the character and nuance that each represent. We hear a teen cellist perform a bright and sunny work with ties to both the Baroque and Romantic eras, a young violinist brings a dark and stormy Beethoven Sonata, and a 17-year-old pianist performs a major fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier.

Memorial Day weekend is the beginning of the 100 deadliest days of summer for teen drivers, according to AAA.

We're hearing great performances from young musicians who are inspired to connect their artistry with nature and their communities. A teen composer describes working with elementary school kids to create instruments out of trash and we hear from an 18-year-old violinist who reflects on the recent fires in her hometown of Altadena, California. Musicians, educators, eco-artists and sisters Josie and Sophie Davis join as co-hosts.

The "Thriving Neighborhoods" plan focuses on affordable housing, property revitalization, and infrastructure improvements.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Marian Fowler of Indian Purchase Township, Maine.

New York Public News Network reporters Jimmy Vielkind and Samuel King talk about the latest developments at the State Capitol in Albany.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster, Will Shortz, and KNOW listener Jon Wentz.