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The Toronto skyline, seen in silhouette in 2015. The same skyline was used in an image posted by an account reportedly linked with the Saudi Arabian government, which featured an airliner headed toward the needle-shaped CN Tower.

Threats Fly And Flights Are Grounded Amid Dust-Up Between Canada And Saudi Arabia

And one tactless tweet was deleted. Saudi officials removed the post, which seemed to allude to Sept. 11, but that didn't ease a dispute that erupted after Canada criticized the kingdom last week.

A student from Wisconsin takes a break in front of the Capitol Wednesday. Republican and Democratic negotiators appear ready to pass a one-week funding measure to keep the government open.

Congress Likely To Avoid Government Shutdown (At Least For Another Week)

Now that President Trump has dropped demands on border wall funding and health care, negotiators on Capitol Hill look back on track to fund the government until they work out other sticking points.

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito is shown in 2006.

County To Conduct Two Mosquito Larvicide Drops This Week

San Diego County's Vector Control Program will conduct two mosquito-fighting larvicide drops this week after recent heat waves and high tides increased insect populations, the county announced Monday.

Congress Likely To Avoid Government Shutdown (At Least For Another Week)

Now that President Trump has dropped demands on border wall funding and health care, negotiators on Capitol Hill look back on track to fund the government until they work out other sticking points.

Gackenbach, whose duties included documenting the event with his camera, is the last surviving member of the Hiroshima mission.

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

Russell Gackenbach was a 22-year-old second lieutenant on Aug. 6, 1945, when he flew in the Necessary Evil, one of three planes in the mission that dropped the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.

Workers prepare to release thousands of fingerling Chinook salmon into the Mare Island Strait in Vallejo, Calif., in 2014. A new report names climate change, dams and agriculture as the major threats to the prized and iconic fish, which is still the core of the state's robust fishing industry.

Many Of California's Salmon Populations Unlikely To Survive The Century

Climate change, dams and agriculture are threatening Chinook salmon, the iconic fish at the core of the state's fishing industry, a report predicts. And 23 other fish species are also at risk.

Students walk past Sather Gate on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif., April 21, 2017.

Not Living In The Dorms? Good Luck Figuring Out What College Is Gonna Cost

Inaccurate cost of attendance estimates can throw off students’ budgeting and their financial aid packages.

The first Navy sailors to participate in the MAVNI program take their oath of citizenship in 2010.

They Were Recruited Into The Military, But Noncitizen Troops Now Face An Uncertain Future

From 2009 to 2016, the Defense Department recruited more than 10,000 noncitizens into the armed forces. Now some say they're being discharged without explanation.

NPR Politics Lunchbox: Reaction To Dallas Shootings; Campaigns Sell Emails For Cash

Our favorite 2016 news and stories curated from NPR and around the Web. Today, politicians react to the recent shootings, and Sanders seeks DNC platform changes.

A field paleontologist unearths mastodon bones near a San Diego freeway construction site in this undated photo.

Mastodon Bones Found Near San Diego Freeway Rewrite History Of Humans In North America

Scientists say mastodon remains unearthed during a construction project on State Route 54 show that humans existed in present-day San Diego as far back as 130,000 years ago.

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