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Lonnie Franklin Jr. "sat silently, staring straight ahead," as the clerk read the guilty verdicts, NPR's Kirk Siegler reports.

Over six months, healthy coral is bleached and then covered with algae. Scientists say bleaching has hit 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia's "biggest ever environmental disaster."

Yellow fever is spreading in Angola. Experts are afraid it could spread further in Africa and Asia. This couldn't come at a worse time.

Egyptian officials are urging the world to await facts before concluding what brought down a Cairo-bound airliner. But families and the public clamor for news about another Egyptian aviation incident.

Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and NPR's Scott Simon talk through the week in sports.

They were ranked the No. 1 team going into the summer Olympics, and the U.S. women's gymnastics team did not disappoint. Led by Simone Biles, they took the gold in Tuesday's team competition in Rio.

Wins by Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps have helped American swimmers dominate the competition in what is proving to be an exceptional Olympic showing.

Economists call it the social cost of carbon. A single number that is supposed to reflect all of the costs society incurs when people burn fossil fuels. That number is now part of federal regulations, and some industries aren't happy.

Eliud Kipchoge pulled away from a crowded field with about nine miles to go and finished more than a minute ahead of his nearest competitor on the streets of Rio.

Convenience is in the eye of the generation. Increasingly, corner markets in Japan target the 27 percent of residents over 65 — offering nursing care advice and home delivery of meals and groceries.