This NPR News Saturday broadcast covers a range of domestic and international developments ahead of the U.S. midterms, including voter sentiment on economic issues, natural disasters in Indiana, a major foodborne illness outbreak linked to imported lettuce, Japan's wartime legacy, and men
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