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Fighting between government forces and Tigrayan rebels is escalating in Ethiopia's north. The government is bombing targets in the rebel capital and there's a bloody battle over two strategic towns.

Unrest increases in Caracas, Venezuela, where leftist president Hugo Chavez faces heavy opposition from capitalists. NPR's Martin Kaste reports.

17 people with the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries remain missing after being kidnapped in Haiti. A gang has claimed responsibility and is reportedly asking for a ransom of $1 million per person.

The future is uncertain for United Airlines after last week's denial by a federal panel of the carrier's request for $1.8 billion in loan guarantees. United seems likely to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Michael Levine, a Yale law professor and former airline executive.

Commentator Neenah Ellis remembers Abraham Goldstein, who taught business law at Baruch Collage in New York from 1929 until this October, when he died at 103.

A Navy report on the arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard concludes that there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and others that helped fuel the blaze.

This month, Weekend Edition Sunday is putting a question to people in the music community: What are the best albums that never made it to CD? The series continues with radio host and recording artist Laura Cantrell, Goldmine magazine editor Greg Loescher, and culture writer Mark Anthony Neal.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Joseph Margulies, a criminal law expert, about how citizen's arrest laws factor into the trial of three white men charged in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.

The Food and Drug Administration also gave an OK to boosters that differ from the vaccine originally used to immunize people against COVID-19. A mix-and-match approach could ease the booster rollout.

More than 80,000 homes in North Carolina are still without heat or electricity four days after an ice storm knocked power out for more than 1 million people. Hundreds of National Guard troops are going door to door to check on residents. NPR News reports.

As inspectors continue looking for weapons in Iraq, the U.N. and the United States begin to examine the country's official response to charges it has ongoing weapons programs. Iraq says it has no weapons of mass destruction. The Bush Administration says Iraq is lying. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels and Vicky O'Hara.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on who may replace former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill.