Lakshmi Singh

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has details.

U.S.

Southern Command says it conducted lethal strikes on two vessels in the eastern Pacific and on a third in the Caribbean.

It says 11 people were killed.

U.S.

Southern Command describes the men as narco-terrorists on vessels that were traveling along known narco-trafficking routes.

Critics argue the administration has not provided evidence that the boats or individuals targeted were engaged in drug trafficking.

The Department of Homeland Security remains largely shut down.

Congress has yet to pass a funding bill.

Here's NPR's Barbara Sprunt.

At the Winter Olympics, the U.S.

has won a medal in men's speed skating, although not the color it was hoping for.

Steve Futterman reports from Milan.

U.S.

stocks are trading higher this hour, with the Dow up 140 points.

It's NPR News.

Hollywood continues to honor Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, who died Sunday at the age of 95.

Today, he's being described as a giant for memorable roles that also earned him Oscar nominations, including The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and The Apostle.

Artificial intelligence is changing the practice of science.

Researchers are individually excelling, but science as a whole may be suffering as a result.