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The Flint water crisis prompted a focus on issues like drinking water infrastructure and on the people left out of the environmental movement. Some environmental groups are trying to change that.

The U.S. Library of Congress recently made almost $15 million in grants to eight institutions to identify, collect and preserve significant digital material. The Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program seeks to preserve material that was "born digital." NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Laura Campbell of the Library of Congress.

Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords announces he won't seek another term, citing his and his wife's health problems. Jeffords shocked his Republican colleagues in 2001 when he left the party to become an independent, briefly swinging control of the Senate to Democrats.

Also: Australian lawmakers pass same-sex marriage legislation; what a tax overhaul means for students and schools; and historic photos of Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Also: Iraqi parliament members can't choose a new leader; Ukraine opens a military offensive against pro-Russian separatists; and New York City police tell subway acrobats to knock off their antics.

Also: The suspect in the EgyptAir hijacking remains in custody; the death toll from the Brussels attacks is lowered; and your car's headlights probably don't illuminate the road very well.

Also: Death tolls in Ecuador's and Japan's earthquakes rise; at least 8 have died in Houston-area flooding; and chip maker Intel will cut 12,000 jobs.

Also: The White House opens "Made in America" Week; heavy snow in Chile causes power losses in winter; and Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies.

Also: Egypt declares an emergency after yesterday's suicide bombings; Alabama lawmakers open impeachment hearings against Gov. Robert Bentley; and the Great Barrier Reef is dangerously bleaching.

Also: Philippines troops fight militants in a besieged southern city; Hawaii sues automakers over potentially defective airbags; and the Census Bureau says fast growing U.S. cities are in the South.