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Congress attends to overdue spending bills Tuesday, but the focus in the Senate was on opposition to Sen. Arlen Specter's chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee. NPR's David Welna reports.

Hurricane Ian’s destruction included thousands of vehicles across the area.

If you can sort mail, sell postage stamps and count penguins, this could be the job for you.

Newly installed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was on the job Thursday, and received a warm welcome from State Department employees. She enters the job after a testy confirmation process during which Democrats focused on Iraq policy.

The paper says a woman who came to them with a dramatic story about Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore appears to be working with an organization that targets mainstream news outlets.

Beginning next week, McDonald's plans to add calorie counts to its menu boards — both at drive-thrus and restaurant counters. Studies suggest that calorie boards alone don't change consumers' purchasing patterns. But consumers do seem to take note, and public health experts say it's one tangible step to helping consumers make healthier choices.

Post Hurricane Ian, finding gratitude may not come so easy for many storm-weary residents. One Port Charlotte woman is counting her blessings and not her losses.

The devastating 2015 earthquake killed thousands and leveled entire mountain villages. Residents are only now getting the first installment of the money promised by the government.

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki planned to announce the last two Cabinet posts Sunday (Interior and Defense), but negotiations have stalled. The violence continues as well. Nineteen people, mostly high school students, were killed this morning when they were dragged from a bus and shot.

President-elect Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former rival for the Democratic nomination, as his choice for Commerce secretary. Richardson was an Energy secretary and U.N. ambassador in the Clinton administration.