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Several environmental groups are protesting President-elect George Bush's nomination for Interior Secretary Gale Norton. NPR's Peter Overby reports on efforts to derail the nomination.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on researchers that are studying how to fight a specific type of virus--the kind that attacks your computer.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on a new study showing that most states fail to give public school students the help they need to succeed.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that a judge has ruled that school children in New York City aren't receiving a large enough portion of the state's education dollars. He says inadequate funding is costing the students a sufficient education.

In the U.S, new roads built in national forests has just been banned by executive order. But in Canada old growth forest is being leveled at a rate that alarms environmentalists. NPR's Kathy Schalch reports.

Scientists often use genetically modified mice to study human diseases. It's a very big leap to take the research from Mice to Humans. Now scientists have created a genetically modified rhesus monkey.

Following the shooting on the set of Rust, NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Maryann Gray, founder of Accidental Impacts, a support group for people who have caused accidental deaths or injury.

Californians braced for rolling blackouts today as a major coastal storm delivered another blow to a state reeling from tight supplies of electricity. Energy officials declared their highest level power emergency, meaning that entire neighborhoods could lose power for an hour at a time to ease the strain on the system. Officials said as many as two million residents could be affected. The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant north of Los Angeles cut back to 20 percent of normal output because of the storm. Scott Horsley reports.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on President-elect Bush's selection of a new Labor Secretary-designate and a US Trade Representative-designate. Elaine Chao is being tapped to follow Linda Chavez, who withdrew her name for the Labor Department. Robert Zoellick is in line for U.S. Trade Representative. At a news conference today, Bush also defended two other nominees, saying he will stand by John Ashcroft for Attorney General and Gayle Norton for Interior Secretary.

The Town of Normal is still asking for public feedback on how to use federal pandemic relief money, but City Manager Pam Reece said some themes are beginning to emerge. The nearly $11 million in American Rescue Plan money for the town can be portioned to several buckets. One of those, Reece said, is public health.