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Commercial airline pilots are overwhelmingly white and male. Amid a need for pilots, the industry is stepping up efforts to recruit more women and people of color to become pilots.

The 6888th was the only all-female Black unit to serve overseas. Its mission was to deliver backlogged mail to American soldiers. The lack of letters from back home was hurting morale in Europe.

Russia's military accelerated its advance on Ukraine with troops positioned to try to surround Kyiv, Kharkiv and other major cities. Russian troops and bombardments have not yet arrived in Lviv.

NPR's A Martinez speaks to Serhii Prokopenko, editor of Gwara Media in Kharkiv and Volodymr Omelyan, who is with Ukraine's territorial defense forces in Kyiv.

NPR's A Martinez talks Democratic strategist Karen Finney and Republican strategist Scott Jennings, about how effective President Biden's speech was in addressing both foreign and domestic issues.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West, one of the last U.S. diplomats to before the Taliban takeover, about how Afghans who helped the U.S. are trying to leave.

NPR's A Martinez talks to former player Doug Glanville, who is now a baseball analyst for Marquee Sports Network and ESPN, about Major League Baseball canceling some games after a deal wasn't reached.

NPR's A Martinez talks to NPR White House correspondent Scott Detrow and Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for The Washington Post, about President Biden's State of the Union address.

Prosecutors laid out their case against Guy Reffitt, who is the first defendant connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to face trial. His attorney described the case as based on "hype."

The move comes as Amazon.com's overall revenue growth is slowing, and it's looking for new ways to reignite sales.