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Sen. Anna Eskamani says this includes delayed processing and people getting locked out of their accounts.

More than 20 states and many major cities have mandated vaccines for public employees, but police unions are pushing back, warning of staffing shortages amid a nationwide uptick in violent crime.

A new study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition calls into question the U.S. government's official dietary rules and suggests the well-known food pyramid is obsolete. Hear NPR's Richard Knox and Marion Nestle of New York University.

In one of his frequent NPR essays, Walter Cronkite remembers the day President Kennedy was assassinated, 39 years ago today. National Archive recordings of ground-to-air communications with Kennedy's cabinet and Air Force One shed new light on the crisis. Listen to the recordings, and samples of broadcasts Cronkite made on Nov. 22, 1963.

Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce hit it big in the United States directing such action thrillers as Clear and Present Danger. Now he's returned to Australia to make two quieter and more serious films. Both Rabbit Proof Fence and The Quiet American deal with race and colonialism. Howie Movshovitz reports.

Office workers spend more than an hour every day gossiping, flirting, shopping online and surfing the 'Net.

Lynn Neary talks with reporter Melanie Peeples, who is in Carbon Hill, Ala., about the destruction there from last night's tornadoes. As many as three twisters hit the area, killing seven people, felling trees and power lines, and damaging homes.

Robert Siegel interviews Scott Silliman, the executive director of the Center for Law, Ethics, and National Security at Duke University, about whether the trial of Zaccarias Moussaoui could be moved to a military tribunal. Moussaoui is facing charges in federal court in Alexandria, Va. He's accused of conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers. But the case has been slow in getting to trial.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he's "confident" in international inspectors who have begun looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In an interview with NPR's Michele Kelemen, Powell says the Bush administration hopes for a peaceful resolution to the Iraq issue but warns that if war does come, the United States and other nations will be ready to "accomplish the mission of disarmament." NPR Online has the complete interview.

Host Bob Edwards looks into the derivation of the term "lame duck." The term applies to a session of Congress that occurs after the election in November but before the new session begins in January.

Results of post-election polls confirm that President Bush's aggressive campaigning for GOP candidates did much to help Republicans regain control of the Senate and improve their advantage in the House. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

The Bush administration prepares to make a change in the way it helps the sick and impoverished around the world. The new Millennium Challenge Account fund would double U.S. aid for development over the next three years, but critics fear some nations will be left out. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Car sales dropped sharply in October, even with automakers offering zero-percent financing on loans. With so much capacity and inventory, manufacturers fear a glut of new cars may be building. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

Bob Edwards looks at what Veterans Day means to some Americans.

If there is war in Iraq, the U.S. military could face a formidable enemy: the weather. Some of history's most important battles have been decided by weather conditions. U.S. war planners are preparing to adjust battle tactics based on researchers' forecasts. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

The European Union science committee will recommend ways to stem over-fishing of cod in the North Sea. Marine experts warn the species faces extinction without prompt action. Norway's solution? Cod farms. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with the BBC's Lars Bevanger.

Tornadoes kill more than 30 people in several states, including Alabama, Tennessee and Ohio, authorities say. At least 10 people are dead in Alabama and 15 in Tennessee. Thousands are without power. Steve Chiotakis with member station WBHM reports.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets in Washington, D.C., to discuss Vatican-inspired revisions to the bishops' proposed new policy for dealing with sexually abusive priests. The Vatican seeks revisions to items it says conflict with church law. Hear NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty.

When you barely make the playoffs, nobody expects you to stay in the playoffs. The Chicago Sky defied expectations, becoming the WNBA champions Sunday night.

Fewer cars were on the road during pandemic lockdowns. And for Maine's frogs and salamanders, that translated to far fewer roadkill deaths.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with environmental policy expert Leah Stokes about what the Democrats' spending plan can achieve on climate, with President Biden's clean electricity performance plan in limbo.

Robert talks with Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), who will be chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee when Republicans retake control of the Senate in January. They discuss issues the Republicans will be pressing when they're in charge.

In Colombia, a judge orders the release of Gilberto Rodriguez, imprisoned as one of the country's top drug lords. Investigators scramble to find evidence to bring fresh charges -- and possibly to support Rodriguez's extradition to the United States. Steven Dudley reports.

In the wake of last month's deadly hostage incident in Moscow, the United States says it may add Chechen groups to its list of foreign terrorist organizations -- a stance the U.S. had previously resisted. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Robert talks with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) about the Republican Party winning control of the Senate. In the new Republican-controlled Senate, McConnell is expected to become Majority Whip.