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Two Reuters journalists have been detained since Dec. 12. The two had been reporting on the brutal military campaign against the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar.

Authorities say at least four people are dead after the ferry, carrying 251 passengers in the country's northeast, took on water and overturned in heavy seas.

Even as regulations weaken, for-profit colleges struggle to stay afloat.

This past weekend, Russo's Market in Watertown, Mass., was about to treat its customers to some live classical music. One of the employees offered to do a sound check and revealed his operatic talent.

A recent study in the journal Geology says glacial ice has an impact on the behavior of magma below the Earth's surface. It finds a correlation between a warmer climate and more volcanic activity.

London is a big center for financial jobs. But after the U.K. leaves the EU, officials there say the U.K. won't have access to the vast European financial market. And other countries stand to benefit.

Catalan holiday tradition involves a log that's fed scraps of food for several weeks leading up to Christmas. Then, it's beaten with a stick and implored to poop out a Spanish nougat called turrón.

The health clinic is operating, often by flashlight, out of tents. The island's bleak recovery epitomizes the unevenness of the disaster relief effort in the hurricane-devastated U.S. territory.

The year in sports had as much drama off the field as on it. Howard Bryant of ESPN relives the highs and lows of 2017 with NPR's Scott Simon.

Snow is predicted to form over the Great Plains and move across the Midwest and into the Northeast by Christmas. Parts of New England could see the highest accumulations.