MUSCATINE, Iowa — Former Muscatine High School swimmer Natalie Radtke finished the 20-mile Catalina Channel swim Wednesday morning in Palos Verdes, California in 10 hours, 15 minutes and 20 seconds.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sounded the alarm on Friday over escalating violence across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, warning of catastrophic consequences for ...