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Former Illinois Congressman and federal judge Abner Mikva died on Monday at the age of 90. A mentor to President Obama, Mikva received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Darryl Curtis, an 18-year-old from Baltimore who was in Nice when shots rang out at the Bastille Day celebration. On Twitter, he wrote, "Just death all around me right now."

French authorities continue the investigation into a deadly attack in Nice, France. A truck drove through a crowd watching fireworks for Bastille Day, killing at least 77 people.

At least 77 people were killed and scores more wounded when an attacker drove a truck through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.

In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Paul Ryan was optimistic that the presumptive GOP nominee would come around on free trade pacts, and the controversial tone he's used on the campaign trial.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has expanded on her statement apologizing for her critical comments about Donald Trump. In an interview with NPR, Ginsburg sought to put the controversy behind her.

The Nice attack bears many similarities to terrorist attacks that have struck France over the past year. Steve Inskeep talks to Harold Hyman, national security journalist for France's BFM-TV.

More than 200 people were injured on Thursday when a truck drove for more than a mile through a crowd of seaside celebrators in Nice, France. The attacker was shot and killed by police.

France's president has called the incident a terrorist attack. Renee Montagne talks to Peter Neumann, a professor of security studies at King's College London.

Crowds were celebrating France's Independence Day in the seaside city of Nice, when a speeding truck plowed into the festivities. Time magazine reporter Vivienne Walt says the crowd was dazed.