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The first comprehensive analysis of human DNA was formally presented at a press conference in Washington today. The two rival research groups, and the two rival journals they published in, took the stage together. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Linda Wertheimer talks wtih Vikram Parekh, Researcher on South Asia for Human Rights Watch about Human Rights Watch's lastest report, Massacres of Hazaras in Afghanistan, which gives eye witness accounts of a massacre in January in the central highlands of Afghanistan, as well as new evidence related to an earlier massacre last May. During both events, the victims were primarily Hazaras, a Shia Muslim ethnic group, previously targeted by Taliban forces for abuse. Afghan humanitarian aid workers were also killed.

Fatalities have been reported after an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. 'Everyone just fled," says one concertgoer. "People were just running all over the place."

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bill Trotter, a fishery and environmental reporter for the Bangor Daily News, about the illegal eel fishing scheme in Maine.

The Illinois House passed a measure Wednesday night that would give employers greater authority to enforce COVID-19 vaccine or testing requirements.

The Biden administration believes the resulting legislation will still be transformative, but it is far less than what the president originally proposed.

Chris Bolt of member station WAER in Syracuse reports that a real estate developer has plans to expand an already successful shopping mall to make it the biggest in the country. Some storeowners are worried that it may not be beneficial for them.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on President Bush's first formal news conference since taking office.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports the I.R.S. is auditing fewer and fewer tax returns these days and that has some observers concerned that some taxpayers will be tempted to cheat. I.R.S. Chairman Charles Rossotti blamed the decline on staff shortages, antiquated computers and I.R.S. reform legislation passed in 1998.

Phillip Davis reports that a media review of uncounted presidential ballots in Miami-Dade County showed a net gain for Al Gore of 49 votes. The interim review, sponsored by The Miami Herald and USA Today, suggests that had state officials accepted a Gore campaign request for recounts in four counties -- Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Volusia -- Gore still would have lost the election by 140 votes.