Trump picks former Rep. Lee Zeldin to be his EPA administrator President-elect Donald Trump said the New York Republican would help push deregulation and support American businesses. Environmental groups decried the nomination. Read more on NPR

Haiti swears in a new leader as gangs shoot at a flight landing in the main airport Haiti’s international airport shut down temporarily after gangs opened fire at a Spirit Airlines flight landing in Port-Au-Prince. The latest violence came as a new prime minister was sworn in. Read more on NPR

You might beat back phragmites, the scourge of wetlands, but then what? Wetlands managers have spent years using fire and chemicals to fight phragmites, an invasive reed that chokes everything else out. But coaxing beneficial native plants to move back in is difficult. Read more on NPR

25 of 43 monkeys have been recovered after escaping a lab in South Carolina last week A research facility in Yemassee, S.C., has recovered 25 of the 43 monkeys that escaped from the laboratory last week after a caretaker accidentally left the door to their enclosure unsecured. Read more on NPR