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An oil spill in Southern California has authorities scrambling. A pipeline connected of an offshore oil platform released more than 3,000 barrels of crude into the ocean near Orange County.

Some Kentucky hospitals have been over capacity with COVID patients for nearly two months and are getting help from the National Guard. The governor expects them to stay full for another month.

Monday was the first day of the Supreme Court's new term. It was the first time in more than a year that almost all the justices were at the court.

Two scientists who helped explain how we sense temperature and touch have received the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Their research could lead to new pain treatments.

Hurricane Ida walloped south Louisiana a month ago. The killer storm wrecked lives and buildings. Now, kids are beginning to head back to classrooms for the first time since the hurricane.

Linda talks with Nate Thayer, the southeast Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Reivew, about the death of Pol Pot, who was once the leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Thayer interviewed Pol Pot in October and saw his body today in the jungles of north Cambodia. Thayer says even though Pol Pot has not been in power for two decades, many other Khmer Rouge leaders now still hold power in Cambodia.

Tape and copy about Cambodia's "killing fields." American journalist David Hawke visited Cambodia shortly after the Khmer Rouge were driven from power. He describes what he discovered in an interview seen on PBS' "Vietnam: A Television History."

A new study released today reports growing violence on television. The 3-year National Television Violence Study was conducted by researchers from four universities. They found two thirds of the network prime time and cable programs monitored in June 1997 contained physical violence. In comparison, half the programs monitored in October 1994 were considered violent. The study also concluded that the current TV rating system is an inadequate way to inform parents about television violence. NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports.

Reporter Jennifer Glasse reports from Kinshasa on U.N. Secretary General Kofi Anan's announcement today that he was withdrawing a team of investigators who have been probing massacres of Rwandan refugees in the Congo. The team has encountered persistent obstacles while attempting to gather information about Hutu refugee killings.

Linda talks with Gustavo Santaolalla (goo-STAV-oh santa-o- LAYA). He plays the Charango (cha-RANG-o), a 10 stringed ukelele sized instrument. Gustavo is also a record producer in the rock en espanol movement. The lilting melodies of the charango and the agressive rock music, would seem in conflict, but for Gustavo its the conflicts that make great music. The charango cd is called RONROCO on the Nonesuch label. As a producer he has also recorded MOLOTOV, a Mexican rock en espanol band on his SURCO label.