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The Senate approved a bill to add roughly $484 billion in new funds to bolster the already record-breaking coronavirus response legislation. Senators passed the measure by unanimous consent Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice said in a statement late Saturday that it was investigating the shooting in Cameron, Wisconsin. The suspect in the shooting was taken to a hospital and later died.

All Things Considered's coverage of the Florida vote tally continues. We hear a few of the comments made by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris declaring George W. Bush to be ahead of Al Gore in the vote count, and ordering that any counties continuing to count votes explain their actions to her by tomorrow afternoon. We hear some of the response by Gore Campaign Chairman William Daley. And NPR's Debbie Elliott joins host Robert Siegel from Tallahassee, Florida to discuss tonight's developments. We also hear from NPR's Adam Hochberg in Palm Beach County, where a hand count of the vote is scheduled to get started again on Wednesday morning, in spite of the statement by Florida State Secretary Katherine Harris.

The federal judge's ruling on Kim Davis is in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury said the former Rowan County clerk should pay the couple who sued.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says the man was found driving with $259 in stolen goods and a floppy-eared puppy. The puppy looked right at the camera when police snapped a mug shot.

Headlines from our sister station WCBU in Peoria.

The damage to two substations on Saturday cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes. The utility says it expects power to be fully restored by midnight.

The barrage of fireworks that exploded Tuesday caused a massive blaze that led to other spot fires and collapsed the building in Yolo County, which lies about 40 miles northwest of Sacramento.

The Cook County public defender wants authorities to find a way to stop men in custody from exposing themselves to female attorneys. "It's disgusting, it's awful and my lawyers are being assaulted."

Rescuers are looking for trapped and injured people in Santa Barbara County, where rainstorms hit hills that were recently devastated by wildfires, causing deadly mudslides.