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General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announces the U.S. auto giant will cut 25,000 jobs and shutter several plants in the next few years a bid to turn around the ailing company. He made the announcement Tuesday at the company's annual meeting. GM lost $1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2005.

Rachel Martin talks with Michael Schmidt of The New York Times about a report that Trump adviser Carter Page testified Thursday that he told Jeff Sessions in 2016 about a trip he took to Russia.

In a sleepy town in the Ozarks, population 300, one woman is trying to turn the local public library into a hub for learning. She's one of thousands of librarians around the country working to bring a sense of community to isolated areas.

Millions of adults struggle every day with basic tasks, like reading a bill or a bus schedule. Those with limited literacy find all kinds of ways to hide their rudimentary schooling. Many are unemployed. And those who have jobs are usually stuck at the lowest rungs of the economic ladder.

Page Field in Fort Myers will re-open to general aviation traffic at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

Oprah Winfrey says her Book Club grew out of a desire to talk to authors after finishing their books. While the original version of the club ended when Winfrey's television show went off the air in 2011, it has now been rebooted online and on the new Oprah Winfrey Network as Book Club 2.0.

The actor, who was praised for performances in the 2007 film Juno and The Umbrella Academy, made the announcement on Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday.

To attract and keep new patients, hospitals are offering a range of special benefits, including free or low-cost health screenings and educational sessions on diet and exercise. There's also free valet parking for a lucky few.

The highly anticipated sixth installment of J.K. Rowling's novel about a child wizard was released Saturday. NPR's Neva Grant followed two youngsters who spent the weekend immersed in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

The White House says the U.S. has enough doses for the country's 28 million kids age 5 to 11 and has laid out a plan to get them inoculated as soon as the vaccine is authorized for the age group.