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At least 13 refugees were killed when a ferry boat hit their dinghy and two dozen other are missing in after a boat sank off the Greek island of Lesbos.

One was identified as an employee of a New Orleans-based logistics company who had been held since March. The other, from Michigan, worked as a security consultant.

The secretary of state said the U.S. would ratchet up the number of migrants Washington accepts over the next few years to help the European Union deal with the ongoing crisis.

Pope Francis spent his first day in Cuba celebrating mass at Havana's Revolution Plaza, visiting President Raul Castro and greeting Cuba's youth.

Thousands have tried to complete a rigorous obstacle course on American Ninja Warrior. All failed until last week. Busboy Isaac Caldiero describes how it feels to win the warrior title.

Kelly Carlin, George Carlin's daughter, released a new memoir called A Carlin Home Companion, about growing up as the only daughter of one of the greatest comedians of all time.

The secretary of state has announced that the U.S. will increase the number of refugees it could admit annually to 100,000 in 2017.

A majority of Americans agree race relations have deteriorated nationally, and stayed the same locally. But on questions of equality, opinions are sharply split between white and black respondents.

Ari Shapiro and Kelly McEvers officially begin their new hosting duties Monday. Shapiro joins hosts Robert Siegel and Audie Cornish at NPR headquarters in Washington; McEvers will be based in LA.

"I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public," says CEO Martin Winterkorn. The company lost nearly a quarter of its market value Monday in Europe.