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More jobs were lost last month than expected, but the Obama administration's economic stimulus package promises to create 600,000 jobs by the end of the summer. Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody's Economy.com, says that without the stimulus, the numbers would be worse.

Ford Motor Company CEO Bill Ford says the automaker will cut up to 30,000 North American jobs by 2012. The moves are part of a restructuring plan that will see a number of manufacturing plants close, as well.

The story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the tens of thousands of children refugees from the Sudanese civil war, is the basis for Dave Eggers' new novel, What Is the What. Eggers and Deng talk about their collaboration and the traumas the "Lost Boys" endured.

Prosecutors in Fulton County, Ga., say they expect that a trial in their election interference case would last four months, not including jury selection.

Recently, some conservative groups in states like Idaho and Texas have pushed to prevent people from traveling to get an abortion out-of-state.

School is out. Kids are playing some kind of ball in the neighborhood.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday on a case that mixed presidential power, international relations and the death penalty. The justices said President Bush overstepped his authority when he tried to order Texas to reopen the case of a Mexican on death row for rape and murder.

Writer Suzan-Lori Parks has won acclaim for depictions of African-American life. The author of Topdog/Underdog discusses two of her favorite dramatic scenes, from The Sound of Music and Taxi Driver.

Allende is one of the world's most widely read authors. Her latest novel centers on the lives of two refugees, 80 years apart.

Mark Englehart plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.