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Amazon Says It Will Buy Whole Foods In $13.7 Billion Deal

Whole Foods, which opened its first store in Austin, Texas, back in 1980, now has 465 markets in North America and the U.K.

In a study that tested the vision of people from a variety of professions, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found that dressmakers who spend many hours doing fine, manual work seemed to have a superior ability to see in 3-D.

Research Finds Dressmakers Have Good Eyes, And Not Just For Style

In a study of people from a variety of professions, dressmakers were found to have superior 3-D vision. Could their endless hours of delicate handwork be honing eyesight?

A 1980 letter published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine </em>was later widely cited as evidence that long-term use of opioid painkillers such as oxycodone was safe, even though the letter did not back up that claim.

Doctor Who Wrote 1980 Letter On Painkillers Regrets That It Fed The Opioid Crisis

In 1980, Dr. Hershel Jick wrote a one-paragraph letter about low rates of addiction among hospitalized patients given narcotics. It was later cited as evidence that long-term opioid use was safe.

Michelle Carter, at her trial earlier this week, had exchanged text messages about suicide with a friend who eventually killed himself.

Text Messages Urging Suicide Result In Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction

Michelle Carter's defense attorney had maintained that the case was one of suicide, not homicide. But a judge said her "wanton and reckless conduct" resulted in Conrad Roy's death.

Emergency workers walk on the roof of the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London on Friday.

London Police Raise Death Toll In Tower Fire To 30

The number is expected to rise further as rescue workers continue to search for victims, an operation that could take weeks. British authorities are launching a criminal investigation.

A TV crew films the damage to the USS Fitzgerald at its port in Yokosuka, Japan, on Sunday. "A number" of missing American sailors have been found dead in flooded areas of the destroyer, the U.S. Navy says.

U.S. Navy Identifies 7 Sailors Found Dead After Navy Destroyer's Collision

Since the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday, seven sailors had been missing. Sunday, the Navy released the identities of the deceased sailors, ages 19 to 37.

Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust poses for a portrait on campus in Cambridge, Mass. Faust has announced that she will step down next year.

DeVos Rolls Back For-Profit College Regs, Harvard's President To Step Down

A potential weakening of campus civil rights enforcement, a big transition at Harvard and more in our weekly roundup.

Coverage by the Arabic-language satellite channel Al-Jazeera has long been a sticking point in Qatar's relations with its neighbors. Saudi Arabia and others are pressuring the country to shut down the channel.

Qatar's Crisis With Saudi Arabia And Gulf Neighbors Has Decades-Long Roots

It's the most recent flare-up in a series of long-running tensions between Qatar and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. This time, analysts say, there will be no easy or quick resolution.

Dheg Mohamed dismantles her home on a plain outside Aynabo, Somaliland. She had to relocate after successive seasons without rain left her well dry.

Photos Of Somalia: The Drought, The People, The Captured Porcupine

In Somalia, photographer Nichole Sobecki saw how the worsening drought is transforming people's lives.

Cars wait in line to cross from Mexico into the United States on May 2 in Tijuana, Mexico. The U.S. government says approximately 50,000 vehicles cross between Tijuana and San Diego every day.

For Some Students, Getting An Education Means Crossing The Border

There are hundreds of kids who are U.S. citizens but live in Mexico. Every day they walk across the border to go to school in California.

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