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2: British author A.S. BYATT. BYATT is known by many Americans for "Possession," a Booker Prize-winning Victorian novel published here in 1990. Her most recent novel is "Babel Tower." (Random House). Set in the turbulant 1960s, the book is about Frederica, a young woman involved in a divorce and custody suit, as well as the prosecution of an "obscene" book. "Babel Tower" is the third book in a planned quartet of novels ("The Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life") set in different mid- centuary time frames. Besides being a best selling author, BYATT is also a critic, a reviewer, a radio dramatist, an editor, and a university lecturer. The movie "Angels and Insects" which is based on Byatt's novella "Morpho Eugenia" has recently come out on home video. Originally aired 6/6/96.

NPR's East Africa correspondent, Eyder Peralta, was seized by armed men and imprisoned without charge just after he'd been given permission to report in South Sudan, ravaged by civil war since 2013.

The 6.4 magnitude temblor killed more than two dozen people and injured hundreds. Rescuers are racing to find survivors — and those who lived must now pick up the pieces of their former lives.

The quake struck at a depth of 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) and was felt in five states, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Thousands were stranded in Kansai International Airport, on an island in Osaka Bay, after the bridge linking the airport to the main island was damaged.

The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 has been cleared of wrongdoing, the department announced on Monday.

A federal grand jury has indicted Peter Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress. He failed to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. Two other Trump aides won't face the same charges.

The House speaker calls for establishing an independent panel to investigate "the facts and causes" related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. And she says more money is needed to boost security.

Researchers hope to learn about the effectiveness of the vaccine for kids ages 6 months to less than 12 years old. Moderna plans to enroll roughly 6,750 children in eight U.S. states and Canada.

Moderna has begun testing its vaccine on children as young as 6 months old. A principal investigator in the trial says getting children vaccinated would be "a step getting back to our normal life."