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The United Auto Workers and General Motors reach a tentative deal to end a two-day nationwide strike. The agreement shifts the burden of retiree health care from GM to the union and gives workers bonuses. Ratification is expected this weekend.

South Dakota and Montana are the final two states to hold primaries this year. Once the voting is over, Barack Obama could reach the magic number for claiming the Democratic presidential nomination. No declaration of victory is expected, however, until Hillary Clinton decides how to respond.

Andrew Exum, senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security, says the U.S. has not yet tried to win in Afghanistan, having diverted forces to fight in Iraq. He says that he expects Afghan security forces to take the lead in protecting the Afghan population in 12-24 months after an increase in U.S. troops to train them.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna about Russia's decision to end a Black Sea grain shipping deal and the impact on global food prices.

A study released Monday by America's Health Insurance Plans suggests the Senate's plan for a health care overhaul will raise premiums considerably in the future. AHIP President Karen Ignagni says the industry backs health care overhaul, but believes costs must be contained.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to freelance reporter Lydia Emmanouilidou about the deadly capsizing of a boat off the Greek coast in June, and how authorities failed to help roughly 700 migrants on board.

The book intertwines information about the disease and how it's treated with Sandeep Jauhar's own story of coping when his father developed Alzheimer's.

Barack Hussein Obama has been sworn into office as the 44th president of the United States. A crowd that stretched for more than 2 miles on the National Mall came to listen and watch Obama.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier, authors of The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the World's Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money.

Videogame writer Walt Williams describes his Red-Bull-and-Adderal-fueled advancement in a competitive and secretive industry. Critic Jason Sheehan says the book "plays out ... like a videogame."