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People gather to pray for the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. A gunman opened fire Wednesday evening inside a country music bar, killing multiple people, including a responding sheriff's sergeant.

Reporting On Mass Shootings: A Familiar Heartbreaking Script

In the past year, NPR's Leila Fadel has had to report on the mass shooting in Las Vegas, and last week's shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that left 13 dead, including the gunman.

A California man and his girlfriend return to his burned-out home in Malibu on Saturday.

At Least 25 Dead In California's Raging Wildfires

More than 250,000 have been driven out of their homes as the state was engulfed by five identified fires, from north to south.

Jack Dillon Young of Leakey, Texas, was sentenced on Friday to 55 years in prison for driving into a church bus in South Texas last year, killing 13 people on the bus.

Driver Who Slammed Into Church Bus Sentenced To 55 Years In Prison

Thirteen people on the bus were killed. Jack Young made a tearful apology to the victims' families on Friday. He was under the influence of drugs when he drove head-on into the bus.

The burned remains of Paradise Elementary School is seen Friday, in Paradise, Calif. Authorities say a wildfire has all but destroyed the Northern California town.

At Least 9 Dead As Blazes Ravage California

Three wildfires have forced 250,000 people to evacuate their homes across the state. Two of those dangerous blazes menaced Thousand Oaks even as it struggles to cope with a mass shooting.

Deaths From Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World

A new report says the U.S. has the 28th-highest rate in the world: 4.43 deaths due to gun violence per 100,000 people in 2017. By contrast, Bangladesh saw 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people.

A comparison of the posters for "The Bodyguard" (1992) and "The Hitman's Bodyguard."

A Man-Eating Plant, Marilyn As A Femme Fatale, And A Male Buddy Film

Old and new films top this weekend's list of what to see

A food market in Bamenda, Cameroon, in November 2017. Authorities say nearly 80 children were abducted by armed men from a school near the city on Sunday night.

Nearly 80 Children Abducted From A School In Cameroon

The children were taken from a Presbyterian school near the northwestern city of Bamenda, which has been the center of a Anglophone separatist movement marked by violence since late 2016.

Children sit in front of a tub of moldy bread in their shelter in Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen, last month. The U.N. has estimated that up to 14 million Yemenis — about half the country's population — will suffer severe food shortages in the next few months.

UNICEF Official Calls Yemen A Living Hell For Children

In addition to causing shortages of food and clean water, fighting has led to the breakdown of Yemen's medical system. Half of Yemeni children under 5 are chronically malnourished, the U.N. reports.

Families of victims of Lion Air Flight JT610 attend a meeting with authorities and Lion Air management on Monday in Jakarta, Indonesia. All 189 passengers and crew are feared to have died when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Oct. 29.

Indicator Malfunctioned On Lion Air Jet's Final 4 Flights, 'Black Box' Data Show

Investigators say an airspeed indicator on the brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8 was experiencing "technical problems" during three flights prior to the fatal crash on Oct. 29.

Georgia gubernatorial candidates Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp during a debate last month.

Judge Rules Against Georgia Election Law, Calling It A 'Severe Burden' For Voters

The voters were flagged under Georgia's exact match law, which critics said was an attempt at suppressing the vote.

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