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Latino students make up the largest minority group of America's school-age population -- and there's broad consensus that public schools aren't meeting their needs. In Arizona, educators and parents remain bitterly divided over bilingual education, which voters banned two year ago. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

United Airlines faces another large debt payment Monday. The struggling airline is trying to persuade the mechanics union to take salary cuts to help stave off bankruptcy. The mechanics are the last holdout in a company-wide effort to reduce labor costs. Jay Field reports.

The juvenile suspect in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper case is being held as an adult in a Virginia jail. That's sparking debate over whether underage defendants should enter the adult criminal justice system. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

The Supreme Court considers how far the U.S. government's trust responsibility extends to Native American tribes. In one case, a tribe is suing the government for allowing a fort on an Arizona reservation to fall into ruin. Daniel Kraker reports.

Three Irish nationals are on trial in Colombia for allegedly training Colombian rebels to make explosives. Prosecutors say two of the three men are members of the Irish Republican Army. The defense team maintains the three were in rebel-held Colombian territory observing the peace process. Steven Dudley reports.

In an effort to address an estimated $500-million budget deficit, the state of Connecticut lays off 6 percent of its workforce. Gov. John Rowland warns more state workers could lose their jobs if unions fail to agree to concessions in the coming months. Caitlyn Kim reports.

Last week's settlement between longshoremen and shipping companies on the West Coast has both sides pledging to repair relations. That may be tough considering the rancor throughout the months-long dispute, and considering the volatile relations between the two unions: the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association. Carrie Kahn reports.

McDonald's Corporation abruptly announced that chairman and CEO Jack Greenberg is retiring. Greenberg has been under fire for the fast food chain's weak performance in the face of mad cow disease, price wars and complaints about poor service. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

Opponents on the left and the right challenge the new campaign finance law in court, saying it violates free-speech rights by limiting "issue ads" paid for by interest groups. A special panel of federal judges will hear the case. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

Hundreds of experts meet in Washington, D.C., this week to review a new federal agenda on global climate change. The review stems from President Bush's contention that more study is needed before the United States can endorse the Kyoto climate treaty. NPR's Richard Harris reports.