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Judge Daniela Monaco Crea reads the sentence on Tuesday in the trial against ship captain Mohammed Ali Malek and crewmate Mahmud Bikhit in the April 2015 shipwreck off Libya that killed 700 people.

Italy Convicts 2 Men For Shipwreck That Killed Some 700 Migrants

A Sicily court has convicted the ship's captain and another man over the wreck involving hundreds of migrants in April 2015. It was one of the deadliest migrant disasters in the Mediterranean.

Much of the nearly 180,000 gallons of crude oil spilled went into the Ash Coulee Creek, just 150 miles from the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp.

Pipeline Spill Adds To Concerns About Dakota Access Pipeline

A crude oil pipeline in western North Dakota has leaked nearly 200,000 barrels of oil. The scene is about 150 miles west of where protesters have been fighting the Dakota Access pipeline.

Corpus Christi, Texas, Identifies Contaminant As Tap Water Ban Remains For Many

Local officials say an asphalt emulsifier entered the city's water system. Some areas have been cleared to use tap water; other residents are still warned to rely entirely on bottled water.

Mohammed Ashfaq is the managing director of Kikit Pathways, a nonprofit that works with the British government's Prevent program to stop radicalization. A ribbon-cutting in Birmingham inaugurated a double-decker bus designed to allow Kikit to go into communities and help people who are addicted to drugs and considered at risk of radicalization.

U.K.'s Anti-Radicalization Program Cites Successes, But Also Draws Fire

The British government's counter-radicalization program Prevent has had mixed reviews. Supporters say it's reaching those at risk; critics argue it unfairly targets Muslims.

University of Michigan professor Alex Stern has completed a database of thousands recommended for sterilization when California had eugenics laws on the book and she says those alive should be compensated.

On A 'Eugenics Registry,' A Record Of California's Thousands Of Sterilizations

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Michigan professor Alex Stern, who has completed a database of the thousands of people recommended for sterilization when California had eugenics laws.

Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, speaks at a gallery in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday. Shortly afterward, a gunman opened fire.

Russia's Ambassador To Turkey Shot And Killed In Ankara

Andrei Karlov was shot Monday evening as he delivered a speech at an exhibition opening in Turkey's capital city. A Turkish minister identified the gunman as a 22-year-old Turkish riot police officer.

Companies are selling "milk" derived from a wide variety of plants. The dairy industry isn't happy about it.

Soy, Almond, Coconut: If It's Not From A Cow, Can You Legally Call It Milk?

Some members of Congress are calling on the government to crack down on food labels like soy milk or hemp milk. They say the "milk" label is legally reserved for only one beverage source: cows.

When A School's Online Eavesdropping Can Prevent A Suicide

Administrators now have the power to track students' browsing on school-issued laptops, even at home. That can help spot a student in distress. But the implications are complicated.

From left: Emmanuel Kwame lost his sight to river blindness as a young man in Ghana; a bed net keeps mosquitoes away from a mother and child in a Somalian hospital; extracting a guinea worm from an infected person.

Wins And Losses In Global Health In 2016

The editor of the New England Journal Of Medicine is a big Red Sox fan. And so he framed the year in global health in baseball terms.

On Malta, Libyan Plane's Hijackers Surrender After Hours Of Negotiations

The hijackers of a Libyan plane that landed on Malta were arrested and all passengers and crew were safely released Friday morning. Kyle Vidal, a journalist with iNews Malta, has the latest.

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