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Two of the nation's oldest and best-known retailers -- Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart -- agree to merge in a deal worth an estimated $11 billion. The proposed merger would create a new entity called Sears Holdings, but will be mainly controlled by Kmart executives. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Shannon Brewer of the Jackson Women's Health Organization. The Mississippi clinic is at the center of a Supreme Court case that could result in the end of Roe v. Wade.

Crews worked through a second night searching for victims of a hotel explosion that killed at least 27 people in Cuba's capital and left more than a dozen missing.

Iraq's interim leader works to persuade Iraqi expatriates to participate in January's parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi also met with some Iraqi tribal leaders in the Jordanian capital, hoping to win their support for efforts to end the insurgency. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Twenty years ago, tons of toxic gas escaped from a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India. It was one of the worst industrial accidents in history, with a death toll of more than 15,000. Many survivors say they have yet to receive compensation. Hear Miranda Kennedy.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist was at the White House Monday talking to President Bush about his second-term agenda. Frist talks about the president's legislative priorities and how to overcome a Democratic filibuster. Hear Frist and NPR's Juan Williams.

Jennifer Snyder plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Anne Sears, a former Alaska State Trooper, who was recently appointed Alaska's first dedicated investigator of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with writer and director Mei Makino about her new coming-of-age film.

First Lady Jill Biden visited Romania and is spending time with Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia today.