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Pope John Paul II is being fed through a nasal tube in order to boost his calorie intake, the Vatican says. The announcement followed the pontiff's unexpected brief appearance at his window over St. Peter's Square in Rome, during which he tried, but was unable, to speak.

American mothers as a whole do not breast-feed their babies as much as medical professionals would like. Health experts say African-American moms are less likely to nurse than whites and Hispanics. The federal government, some hospitals and nonprofits are trying different strategies to close the breast-feeding gap among black women.

The National Coalition for the Homeless says about 30 cities have some kind of ban on distributing free food. In San Antonio, a homeless advocate says the city is turning what she does into a crime.

A Hawaiian firm has become one of the first to launch deep-sea fish farms. In waters some 200 feet deep, Kona Blue is raising fish in giant netted cages. The company says this type of large-scale, open-ocean aquaculture may be the answer to the world's over-fishing woes.

Food insecurity was already high in Detroit before the pandemic; now it's increased. Ederique Goudia and Raphael Wright are among those trying to help.

Rose George spent several weeks aboard a container ship to research Ninety Percent of Everything, her book about the shipping industry. She writes, "There are more than one hundred thousand ships at sea carrying all the solids, liquids and gases that we need to live."

Author Eric Deggans dissects coverage of events such as Hurricane Katrina, the Trayvon Martin case and the 2012 presidential election to build an argument that Americans lack the right vocabulary for talking about race. And the echo chambers of our fractured media landscape, he adds, don't help.

Simmered all day with a slug of fatback, brown beans have warmed many hardworking West Virginia miners. Kendra Bailey Morris shares memories of pintos and cornbread and her great-granny Charity.

The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a bill providing tax cuts worth $70 billion over five years, following approval of the package in the House on Wednesday. The bill extends current capital-gains tax rates for two years and provides relief for millions of taxpayers from facing the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).

Tom Rapp, the founder of the 1960s folk outfit Pearls Before Swine, has died. He went on to become a civil rights attorney and his music enjoyed a revival in the 1990s.