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People in eastern Libya are still reckoning with the aftermath of last month's floodwaters that washed out to sea the heart of the city of Derna, and killed thousands.

A debate is playing out in Abilene, Kam., over using fluoride in water -- and it may be an example of what's to come for many other cities.

The Bloomington City Council has given its official endorsement of The Bridge, a shelter village of close to 50 tiny sleeping cabins for the unhoused in Bloomington-Normal. Here's what's next.

A research team tracked the diets and exposures to air pollution of kids inside Baltimore homes. Children with diets high in omega-3 fatty acids seemed less vulnerable to pollution's effect on asthma.

FEMA trailers recently began arriving in Panama City and surrounding communities for the thousands of people left homeless by Hurricane Michael, which hit the state in October.

police officers and firefighters to increase their representation and rank on the city's police and fire departments. While some black and Hispanic applicants have been hired, they remain a disproportonately small percentage of hires and promotions in both departments. Minority officers have sued the city, arguing that the examinations for promotion discriminate against minority applicants.

Tess Vigeland of member station WBUR reports that the Boston Latin School has settled out of court with a family that sued the school to protest a special entrance provision for minority students. As part of the settlement, the city's school board will drop special racial admissions categories for the city's prestigious Boston Latin School, and for two other top schools. The student and her family sued after she was denied admission despite receiving higher test scores than some minority students who were admitted.

Twenty-five years after former San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk is murdered, some city officials raise money to place a sculpture of him in City Hall. Milk, California's first openly gay elected official, was killed a year after being elected. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.

At a briefing in Baghdad, Iraq's defense minister says he expects U.S. forces to encircle the city within five to 10 days. Sultan Hashim Ahmed says the forces will battle each other in the city's streets, but that American troops ultimately will fail to take Baghdad. In the end, Americans will be forced out, he says, because Iraqis have the advantage of fighting on their own soil for their own country. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

U.S. administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer declares militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr an "outlaw" and says the U.S.-led coalition is determined to restore law and order to Baghdad and other restive Iraqi cities. On Sunday, al-Sadr called for anti-American protests that turned violent in several cities, killing dozens of Iraqis, eight U.S. servicemen and a Salvadoran soldier. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.