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Sixty of North America's top blind students were put to the test Saturday in Los Angeles at the National Braille Challenge. Fingers flew across pages as the students showed their skills at reading comprehension, chart and graph reading, and transcription. This year's varsity division champion is Claire Stanley, 19.

A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand's capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas.

Defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 military commissions trial at Guantanamo Bay will be allowed to see the secret section of the prison — known as Camp 7 — where the Sept. 11 defendants are held.

Essence might be the longest-running magazine for black women, but the authors of a new book, The Man From Essence, say that the road to building the brand had many twists and turns.

The al-Qaida operative killed in a Predator drone attack in western Pakistan this week may have been one of the group's top operations officers. Two sources familiar with the case tell NPR that they believe Saleh al-Somali was hit in the attack by the remotely piloted aircraft. Officials are awaiting DNA proof.

When beekeepers saw honeybee die-offs last year, experts at a USDA research center stepped in to help. The Trump administration plans to close the facility, and beekeepers and scientists are worried.

Last summer in Jena, La., six black teenagers were arrested for beating up a white teenager. The fight happened after white students hung a noose in a tree on school grounds. Alex Cohen gets an update from NPR's Wade Goodwyn.

One-third of the Texas blues-rock mainstay ZZ Top has died. Dusty Hill, the band's bassist and one of its vocalists, was 72 years old, and according to his bandmates died at his home in Houston.

The German engineering company agreed Monday to pay a record fine of $1.6 billion to settle bribery allegations made by U.S. and European authorities. The company was charged with paying out more than a billion dollars in bribes to win contracts around the world.

Of the 116 police officers who were killed last year, 51 died in traffic incidents, the largest cause of death for the last 12 years, according to data. Guns, meanwhile, killed 49 officers.