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Authorities warn of "life threatening" wind and flooding in Haiti and have issued warnings for parts of Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica. The U.S. Navy evacuated families from its base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Funerals are being held today for some of the more than 260 killed in the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that shook central Italy reducing many villages to rubble. Relief efforts are underway.

Bassist and Jazz Night In America host Christian McBride spotlights a vocalist from France, a drummer from Mexico and a trumpet-playing South African legend.

Thousands of Michigan kids who have been exposed to high levels of lead are at risk of major behavioral and cognitive problems. But early education intervention can help mitigate these effects.

A new app from the "Guardians of the Laws and Spirit of Cricket" takes on the challenge of explaining the game and its many "delightful complications," using videos, animations and quizzes.

Nearly 28 million people were displaced within their own country last year by conflict and natural catastrophe. And they're especially hard to help.

On Friday, a supply rocket is scheduled to send an inflatable module to the International Space Station. The expandable technology is being developed by a private firm.

"This problem is worse than doping," French Secretary of State for Sports Thierry Braillard tells a newspaper.

A second big study affirms new thinking: Exposing high-risk kids to peanuts beginning in infancy reduces the chance of developing a peanut allergy. This peanut tolerance holds up as kids get older.

Just over 24 hours after strong earthquakes hit the Kumamoto area, an even bigger temblor of magnitude 7.0 struck the same area. Thursday's quakes killed at least nine people.