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Virginia Seitz, who led the influential Justice Department office that offers legal advice on surveillance, drones and other issues, resigned after 2 1/2 years on the job.

Esmond Bradley Martin, one of the world's leading investigators into the ivory trade, was found dead on Sunday in Kenya. NPR hears from his colleague, Dan Stiles, who talks about Martin's work.

Providence is widely considered the finest restaurant in Los Angeles. Its award-winning chef, Michael Cimarusti, is piloting Dock to Dish, a program that hooks chefs up directly with local fishermen.

Bolsonaro has downplayed the threat of the coronavirus while arguing that the economic and emotional impacts of shutdowns would harm more Brazilians than the pandemic.

On Capitol Hill Tuesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican and the Senate minority leader, told reporters he would let the all-but-official Republican presidential nominee first announce a position on Obama's decision before offering his own position publicly.

Lower earnings this year are forcing five-star restaurants across the country to look for ways to cut costs without compromising quality. In Portland, Maine, chef Sam Hayward is sustaining his clientele with homegrown comfort foods that are less expensive to prepare — like fish cakes and beans.

Also: President-elect Trump visits North Carolina for one of his "Thank You" rallies; the U.S. will return land to Japan on Okinawa; and a transformer fire caused foam to fill a Philadelphia street.

Also: Stock markets start the day at record highs; a federal judge halts Michigan's recount of presidential ballots; and the Surgeon General warns e-cigarette use is a danger for teens.

Also: The House has passed a government spending bill and sent it to the Senate; a federal judge reviews Wisconsin's presidential ballot recount; and snowy highway pileups turn deadly in Michigan.