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Also: Malala, Pakistani girl shot by Taliban, speaks out; Iran says Israel will regret strike on Syria; hostage situation continues in Alabama, where a 5-year-old boy has been held for almost a week.

Also: Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies; Secretary Clinton is expected back at work next week; death toll from this week's winter weather reaches 17; former President George H.W. Bush wishes folks would "put the harps back in the closet."

The death toll is rising in Turkey and many are feared trapped. In the U.S., President Obama plans a series of executive actions in bid to boost job growth, The New York Times reports.

Garcia Luna was convicted of secretly taking millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa cartel.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with ambassador James B. Story, a former top diplomat to Venezuela, about the rising tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela, and what President Trump's goals might be.

All through the World Cup, Kansas City has been a terrific place to watch a match. Interest in soccer has exploded there, stoked by the rise of the city's professional soccer team.

A record 32 countries are participating in this year's Women's World Cup - up from 24. When FIFA announced the increase in 2019, people were worried the quality of the soccer tournament would suffer.

Daphne Caruana Galizia, who investigated corruption in Malta, was killed by a car bomb in 2017. Residents joined her relatives at a march and vigil. It coincides with a trial of the alleged hitmen.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith about the alliance's annual summit, and how the U.S. plans to reassure allies that Ukraine funding will continue.

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.