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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks says the effects of climate change are already being felt. Storms have damaged U.S. bases and rising seas could submerge U.S. installations in the Pacific.

Democrats say the tax on billionaire assets would help pay for President Biden's social spending bill.

FBI agents executed search warrants at properties that are tied to metals tycoon Oleg Deripaska, who is sanctioned by the U.S. government.

It's the first step in an audacious plan to solve vaccine inequity by setting up the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines across low-resource countries.

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.

Catholics react to fresh evidence of scandal within the Boston Archdiocese. Church documents released Tuesday include allegations that priests sexually abused female students and provided drugs to minors. Hear more from NPR's Lynn Neary and Rev. Robert Bullock, chairman of the Boston Priests Forum.

Cardinal Bernard Law's resignation as Archbishop of Boston has symbolic value, but the archdiocese remains in crisis, stained by a sex-abuse scandal and beset by financial problems. Hear from NPR's Duncan Moon, NPR's John Ydstie and Rev. Robert Bullock, chairman of the Boston Priest Forum.

The unanimous vote sends the measure to the full House. If the chamber approves it, the referral would be sent on to federal law enforcement for potential charges.

Lupin Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling certain dosages of irbesartan tablets and irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide tablets distributed in 30- and 90-count bottles nationwide.

Robert Davis' experience with the U.S. Parole Commission is an example of how systemic barriers can hold down people striving to do the right thing.