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In an effort to reduce costs, American Airlines asks its unions to make concessions worth nearly $2 billion annually. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company also closes two reservations offices and announces 750 flight-attendant layoffs. Bill Zeeble of member station KERA reports.

Alan Cheuse reviews Country of Origin by Don Lee, a mystery whose main character is a young American woman who was born in Japan under mysterious circumstances and returns to the country of her birth to find out her true origins.

Crude oil prices hit record highs of more than $70 a barrel. At the end of trading Tuesday, the price settled at $71.60 -- a 95-cent increase over Monday's record close. President Bush, saying he is concerned about higher gas prices, promised the government would stop any price gouging.

A constitutional amendment to ban flag burning fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority necessary to pass Tuesday. The Senate vote was 66 to 34 in favor of the amendment. The amendment has already passed in the House.

In an unprecedented move, the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has issued subpoenas for five Congressional Republicans, including GOP leader Kevin McCarthy.

The House panel probing the Capitol riot holds its first public meeting since December to consider referring two senior Trump White House officials to the Justice Department for criminal contempt.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Zachary Cohen, CNN's nation security correspondent, about people close to Donald Trump being among dozens of those who recently received grand jury subpoenas.

The death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson triggered a deluge of painful stories about health care denials on social media.

At many synagogues, a prayer for the state of Israel is said across the U.S. every sabbath. But with the Israeli government's recent actions, some American congregations are reconsidering it.

For the first time ever, someone born in the United States has become pope.