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It's the first step in an audacious plan to solve vaccine inequity by setting up the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines across low-resource countries.

Federal authorities charge three men with running an identity theft scheme in which credit information was stolen from more than 30,000 victims across the country. Authorities say financial losses of more $2.7 million have already been substantiated. NPR's Chris Arnold reports.

President Bush names former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to head an independent panel to investigate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The panel will spend the next 18 months examining aviation security, border issues and intelligence breakdowns. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

President Bush names former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to head an independent investigation into intelligence failures before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The panel will spend the next 18 months examining aviation security, border issues and intelligence breakdowns. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and CNN CEO Walter Issacson.

An Israeli-owned hotel in the coastal Kenyan city of Mombasa was reportedly attacked by a suspected car bomb, in an apparent coordinated attack on Israeli targets. At the time of the blast, at least one missile was fired at an Israeli jet that had taken off from the city's airport. The plane was not hit, and continued on to Israel. Listen to NPR news for the latest update.

President Bush approves a proposal from the Pentagon and other federal agencies to vaccinate for smallpox about 1 million U.S. military personnel and civilian medical workers. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claims responsibility for an attack that kills at least five Israelis in northern Israel. The attack comes after a pair of attacks on Israeli targets in Kenya; 11 people are killed in a suicide car bombing at a hotel popular with Israeli tourists, and two missiles are fired at an Israeli charter flight leaving an airport in Mombasa. Hear NPR's Linda Gradstein. Nov. 28, 2002

President Bush announces his choice for treasury secretary -- John Snow, chairman of CSX Transportation. Snow replaces outgoing Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

A Lancet medical journal report finds that human-caused climate change is worsening human health in just about every measurable way. It calls for more urgent action from world leaders.