• Skin-to-Skin `Kangaroo’ Infant Care Tied to Better Survival

  Premature and underweight newborns may have better survival odds if they pass their days with their bare chests nestled directly against their mothers' breasts, a research review suggests.

  

• Prominent China Rights Lawyer Convicted of 'Inciting Hatred' But Avoids Jail

  A court convicted one of China's most prominent rights lawyers on Tuesday of "inciting ethnic hatred" with posts criticizing the government, handing down a suspended sentence that means he avoids jail but will not practise law again.

  

• 'The Lord is Leading Me': More U.S. Pastors Seek Political Office In 2016

  One Sunday two years ago, Pastor Rob McCoy, who believes in banning abortion and gay marriage and putting prayer back in schools, stood at the pulpit of his California mega church and announced he was endorsing a political candidate: himself.

  

• Connecticut Man Charged With Shooting at Mosque to Remain Jailed

  A Connecticut man facing federal hate crime charges after being accused of shooting at a mosque next to his home with a handgun and rifle following last month's Islamic State attacks in Paris will remain jailed for at least another week, a judge said on Monday.

  

• Report: Some of China's Most Wanted Fugitives Live Openly In United States, Canada

  U.S. and Canadian officials have pledged to work with China to track down and repatriate Chinese fugitives living abroad. But that cooperation is proving to have clear limits.