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The French authorities continue their investigation into Thursday's terrorist attack in Nice. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with Eleanor Beardsley.

Three northern villages that were home to the Yazidi people, one of Iraq's tiniest minorities, were hit by a string of truck bombs. At least 200 are dead and hundreds wounded. The death toll could rise as bodies are recovered from clay homes that collapsed.

A man opened fire with a rifle in a mall in Omaha, killing eight people before turning the gun on himself. Five people were also wounded in the attack. The shooter, Robert Hawkins, had split with his girlfriend, been fired from McDonald's, and had been kicked out of his parents' house.

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration have recommend that drugs Serevent and Foradil no longer be used for asthma. Top-selling Advair was not affected by the recommendation.

Americans say Black Friday is overhyped, but nearly 1 in 5 still plan to do most of their shopping then. This holiday season is expected to break shopping records.

Saying that notices sent by the state “border on incomprehensible,” attorneys for Medicaid beneficiaries fired back this week in a potential class-action lawsuit alleging Florida has not provided adequate information before dropping people from the health-care program.

A new report from Amnesty International details mental health problems, including suicidal behavior, among people held on the island. People trying to enter Australia by boat are refused asylum.

Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves could still come.

The landslide buried a village under 20 to 25 feet of debris. More than 100 people are believed to have been killed, but officials say the number could go higher.

A powerful typhoon forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday.