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Car bombs kill more than 30 Iraqis in Samarra, and more attacks wound more tha 20 American Marines in Ramadi. U.S. and Iraqi forces stepped up attacks on Fallujah, preparing for a major offensive against insurgents there. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Philip Reeves.

On Feb. 20, 2003, the band Great White was playing when pyrotechnics ignited flammable soundproofing foam. The nightclub was engulfed in flames — killing 100 people and injuring more than 200.

The release of posthumous music from Prince has been postponed after a hearing last night.

The crustacean weighed more than 20 pounds and was found alive inside a passenger's cooler at Boston's Logan Airport, according to the TSA.

The developers behind the Nexus natural gas pipeline want to begin construction by next Tuesday. In August, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the $2 billion pipeline that will run through 12 Ohio counties from Northeast Ohio to Michigan and Canada. The federal agency is in the process of reviewing the request.

More than 20 people were killed during Friday morning's rush in Mumbai, India. A stampede broke out on a crowded pedestrian bridge that connects two railway stations.

The Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether a judge can appoint a guardian to control the affairs of an adult without giving that person notice. For Ohio Public Radio, WKSU’s M.L. Schultze previews the case. The arguments center on a Cuyahoga County woman who – after 30-plus years of marriage -- was going through a divorce. Though she had an attorney, a few days before the divorce proceedings began, the family-court judge appointed what’s called a guardian ad litem to represent her.

King Mswati III said the name change is intended to shed vestiges of the country's colonial past. In the Swazi language, eSwatini means "place of the Swazi."

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report that July had the highest average temperatures since records have been kept.

Demonstrators rallied Friday in more than 30 cities, and promised more actions in 2016. They want the courts to allow President Obama to make big changes in who is expelled for not having visas.