Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, the three-star commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet will be relieved of command on Wednesday, according to reports. The fleet is based in Yokosuka, Japan.

Unidentified officials tell news organizations that Aucoin was being dismissed due to the Navy leadership's loss of confidence in his ability to command. NPR has not independently confirmed the reports.

Aucoin's expected removal follows four accidents involving Navy ships in the Pacific this year.

The developer behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, which for months drew thousands of protesters, has sued Greenpeace and several other environmental groups for their role in delaying the pipeline's construction.

The British publisher of an academic journal has reversed a decision to take down hundreds of articles from its Chinese website.

In a statement released Monday, Cambridge University Press said it's reposting the more than 300 articles to "The China Quarterly."

Police say a Confederate soldier statue at a cemetery on the Hilltop has been damaged by vandals who took its head. 

The push for renewable energy in the U.S. often focuses on well-established sources of electricity: solar, wind and hydropower. Off the coast of California, a team of researchers is working on what they hope will become an energy source of the future — macroalgae, otherwise known as kelp.

This week's Trump presidency Internet sideshow (see also: Melania appearing to bat Trump's hand away, the president's aggressive handshakes, the frenzy over Kellyanne Conway's inauguration outfit) came in the form of a couture-heavy Instagram post from Louise Linton, a Scottish-born actr

The vicious shade-throwing by the Treasury secretary's wife, Louise Linton, Monday was intended to put an Instagram commenter on blast, but it almost immediately blew up in the Scottish-born actress' perfectly made-up face.

Now, nearly a full day later, the 36-year-old has apologized through a spokesperson.