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News brief: Uvalde shooting report, Bannon trial, Ukrainian government firings

A Texas House report issues blame for failures in Uvalde. Steve Bannon goes on trial Monday for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 panel. Ukraine's president fires two top officials.

Ten years and $60 billion in taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild it were worth the cost. That's the finding of a report to Congress by Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

U.S. Spent Too Much In Iraq, Got Little In Return, Watchdog Report Says

Iraqi and U.S. officials interviewed for the report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction said the $60 billion the U.S. spent on reconstruction efforts in Iraq "should have accomplished more." The findings could portend what lies ahead for the U.S. in Afghanistan where it is also engaged in reconstruction.

Kentucky, Tennessee Officials Push For Federal Asian Carp Funding

Kentucky and Tennessee wildlife conservation leaders and government officials are pushing for the U.S. House to approve millions in federal funding to…

Tennessee 'Cougar Action Team' Confirms Sightings on New Map

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is adding confirmed cougar sightings to a new online map. The TWRA Cougar Action Team, or C-A-T, is an in-house…

Nature Conservancy Group To Make $13.4 Million Land Purchase In Crittenden County

The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky is planning to close on a deal today to acquire 4,241 acres of forest in Crittenden County. The $13.4 million deal is…

McConnell Pushes For Funding To Fight Invasive Asian Carp

Kentucky could receive additional federal funds to manage the spread of invasive Asian carp.U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell added language to…

Kylee Gray, a ranger with the Queensland Department of Environment and Science, holds a giant cane toad on Jan. 12 near Airlie Beach, Australia. The toad weighed 5.95 pounds.

Nearly 6-pound 'Toadzilla' found in Australia breaks the record for largest toad

Cane toads are notorious pests in Australia, colonizing habitats and poisoning other wildlife. Park rangers euthanized the 5.95-pound animal, whose body will be donated to the Queensland Museum.

Beachgoers have reported recent sightings of the porpita porpita, which goes by the common misnomer "blue button jellyfish," on Texas shores.

Admire the 'blue button jellyfish' washing ashore on Texas beaches, but don't touch

A tentacled summer visitor has arrived on the shores of the western Gulf. It looks like a jellyfish, but it's not. Look at the beautiful blue creatures — but don't touch, say state officials.

A woman wears a mask and filter as she walks to work during heavy pollution in Beijing, China.

Report: Pollution Kills 3 Times More than AIDS, TB And Malaria Combined

Researchers looked at the combined effects of air, water and soil pollution on global health to come up with an annual toll.

'Wall Street Journal' reporter Evan Gershkovich has spent a year jailed in Russia

It's been one year since Gershkovich was detained in Russia, where he remains in custody. NPR's Debbie Elliott talks Emma Tucker, editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, about Gershkovich.

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