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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.

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.

NPR's Steve Inskeep is joined by Lynn Reaser, chief economist at Bank of America capital management, to discuss what Wall Street may be looking for in a new Treasury Secretary. Paul O'Neill resigned from the post on Friday.

Continuing the discussion on a post-O'Neill Treasury, Steve speaks with David Sylvester, a financial writer at the San Jose Mercury News. Sylvester has been following the aftermath of O'Neill's announcement and how Western businesses are reacting to the possible shift in policies.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa and producer Reynaldo Leaños Jr. about their reporting on the aftermath of the largest single-state immigration raid in U.S. history.

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.

Gordon Parks is the legendary African-American photographer known for documenting the lives of the poor, and for being the first black staff photographer for Life magazine. Jon Kalish reports that last weekend, Parks celebrated his 90th birthday in New York City with a group of African-American photographers from around the country.

North Carolina's electricity was knocked out when an ice storm that hit the state on Wednesday. Dozens of people have been killed by the snow and ice that came with the storm. National Guardsmen, local police and utility workers have been working to restore power to more than a million people. Steve speaks with Greensboro resident Martha Walton about how she's been coping for the past four days.

Demand grows among Boston parishioners for Cardinal Bernard Law to step down from the Catholic Archdiocese. Protestors may have kept Law away from Mass today. WBUR's Monica Brady-Myerov reports.

The FBI continues its investigation into Ptech, a Boston-area software company suspected of having a connection to Yasin al Qadi, an alleged terrorist. NPR's Chris Arnold reports.

President Bush criticizes remarks by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS) that seemed to endorse the nation's segregated past. Lott praised retiring Sen. Strom Thurmond's segregationist campaign for president in 1948. Bush termed the comments "offensive" and "wrong." Hear from NPR's David Welna and David Hampton of the Jackson, Miss. Clarion-Ledger.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez fires four dissident executives at the state oil monopoly as he tries to break an 11-day strike paralyzing the economy. Venezuelans opposed to Chavez clamor for new elections, while oil and gas supplies run thin. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

North Korea says it will reactivate a nuclear power plant, eight years after the reactor was idled as part of an agreement with the United States. The move is in response to a U.S. decision to suspend oil aid to North Korea. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

Adding to a tense standoff centered on its nuclear ambitions, North Korea tells the United Nations it wants surveillance cameras removed from a nuclear plant it intends to reopen. China may be asked to play a diplomatic role in the evolving crisis. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Michele Norris talks with David Hampton, editorial director for the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., about how the Trent Lott controversy is playing out in his home state. Hampton says the Clarion-Ledger has been deluged with mail, both condemning and supporting Lott.

President Bush signs executive orders to help religious groups get federal money for charitable activities. The move advances the president's so-called "faith-based initiatives" while bypassing Congress. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

The Global Relief Foundation continues to mount a strong defense against Justice Department charges the Islamic charity is corrupt. It was one of three charities whose assets were frozen last year in an effort to choke the funding of terrorists. NPR's John Burnett reports.

North Korean officials say they will reopen a nuclear power plant closed under a 1994 agreement with Washington. The move raises new concerns about North Korea's efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Hear NPR's Rob Gifford and Johns Hopkins professor Donald Oberdorfer.

NPR's Jack Speer reports President Bush is naming former Goldman Sachs investment banker Stephen Friedman as his top economics adviser. Friedman is being appointed to the White House job despite an aggressive campaign to torpedo his candidacy by some conservative Republicans.

President Bush is set to announce a plan to vaccinate all Americans against smallpox. The general population won't be offered the inoculation until 2004. Meanwhile, soldiers and "first-response" personnel prepare for early inoculations. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports the United States and Chile have reached an agreement on terms of free trade between the two countries. Both the U.S. Congress and the Chilean parliament must approve the plan. The agreement would lift tariffs on most goods.

Boston's Cardinal Law will comply with a subpoena to appear before a grand jury investigating the church-abuse scandal. The move comes on the heels of a legal settlement with New Hampshire church officials who admit they violated criminal laws. NPR's Tovia Smith reports.

Robert Siegel and Michele Norris read from some of this week's letters.

NPR's David Welna reports on the latest developments about Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott. Today, President Bush weighed in on the matter for the first time, saying that Lott's comments -- which seemingly endorsed the views held by Strom Thurmond when Thurmond ran for president on a segregationist platform in 1948 -- were "offensive" and "wrong." Mr. Bush made his comments before an enthusiastic Philadelphia audience made up of many minorities. But the President refused to ask for Lott's resignation as leader.