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Egyptian security forces stormed a Cairo mosque and cleared it of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, who had holed up for hours there on Saturday. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin gets the latest from reporter Sharif Abdel Kouddous.

The news channel Al-Jazeera America launches on Tuesday. The company has been snapping up high-profile journalists, but it has to shake the image that Al-Jazeera is a "terrorist" network. Guest host Celeste Headlee talks to The New York Times' media reporter, Brian Stelter.

The task force said the construction needs to withstand storms made stronger by climate change. It also recommends new standards for flood protection.

Fewer than 30,000 cases of the tick-borne illness are reported each year. But the CDC says surveys of labs that test for the disease, six years of insurance claims and other surveillance methods suggest that the number of infections is actually 10 times higher.

The World Humanitarian Day campaign is designed to let people support the ideas they feel the world needs most. It began five years ago, when the United Nations set aside Aug. 19 to remember the world's aid workers.

Founded in the mid-19th century, luxury leather goods maker Moynat won renown for its traveling trunks for the moneyed set. But it fell on hard times and closed in the 1970s. Now, it's undergoing a rebirth, turning out limited quantities of luxurious, handmade bags that utilize centuries-old craftsmanship.

The editor said the newspaper is undeterred in its reporting. It just won't report that story from London.

The latest edition of the program includes a new, pop-flavored single from Nine Inch Nails; brooding, cerebral hip-hop from Earl Sweatshirt; a late-summer dance jam from Seven Davis Jr.; the Beatle-y music of The Goldberg Sisters; Argentinian electronic musician Juana Molina; and more.

A new study shows that judges base musical performances more on sight than on sound.

California is currently the only state with a program to confiscate guns from residents prohibited from owning firearms. To find them, agents comb through a database of people who legally owned a gun until mental illness or a brush with the law rendered them no longer eligible for gun ownership.