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Daphne Caruana Galizia, who investigated corruption in Malta, was killed by a car bomb in 2017. Residents joined her relatives at a march and vigil. It coincides with a trial of the alleged hitmen.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith about the alliance's annual summit, and how the U.S. plans to reassure allies that Ukraine funding will continue.

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

Also: Austria's presidential election is still too close to call; pharmaceutical maker, Bayer, offers $62 billion for chemical corporation, Monsanto; and three climbers have died on Mount Everest.

Also: President Obama welcomes five Nordic leaders to the White House; the first woman is poised to lead a U.S. combatant command, including NORAD; and it's time for Eurovision 2016!

Also: It's been a year since the huge quake, and Nepal hasn't rebuilt homes; Congolese musician Papa Wemba dies; and a U.S. man abandons an effort to float to the Bahamas in a big plastic bubble.

Also: Syrian peace talks resume but in separate rooms; Britain suffers flooding after the wettest January ever; North Korea rescinds its invitation to a U.S. diplomat to visit and discuss imprisoned American Kenneth Bae; and a game developer withdraws "Flappy Bird" app, claiming it ruined his life.

Also: A transportation bill funding programs that will soon expire stalls in the Senate; the freeway bridge washed out in California will partially reopen; and parts of the oldest Koran are found.

Also: Severe weather leaves three dead in the South; Brazilian police accuse mine company officials in a deadly dam collapse; and the U.N. warns more people than ever are displaced around the world.

Also: The international Nuclear Summit opens in Washington today; tornadoes strike Oklahoma; and Nobel Prize winning Hungarian author Imre Kertész dies, who'd written about the Holocaust.