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Sundance Favorites: 'Manchester By The Sea' And 'Eagle Huntress'

Steve Inskeep talks to film critic Kenneth Turan about some of the movies we should watch for coming out of this year's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Inmates at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga., which houses about 2,100 male prisoners.

Federal Task Force Recommends Reducing Number Of Inmates By 60,000 In 10 Years

The criminal justice system "suffers from a one-size-fits-all approach to sentencing and rehabilitation, and that doesn't really serve the interests of public safety," said one task force member.

Concepcion Picciotto, who carried out a protest vigil that lasted decades, has died. She's seen here in 2009, across the street from the White House.

Longtime White House Protester Dies, After Vigil That Started In 1981

Persisting through cold and rough weather, Concepcion Picciotto was a fixture outside the White House, where she was often called the president's closest neighbor.

The three men escaped on Friday from this maximum-security facility, the Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana, Calif.

$50K Reward As Manhunt Continues For 3 Escaped Inmates In California

The three men, who are all charged with violent crimes, escaped from an Orange County jail on Friday. Authorities didn't discover their absence for 16 hours.

Advocacy Group Says Death At Arkansas Center Was Negligent

A report by a disability rights advocacy group says an Arkansas woman choked to death during a seizure at a state-run human development center because…

The Doomsday Clock stayed fixed at three minutes to midnight — the closest it has been to midnight since 1984.

Doomsday Clock Stays At 3 Minutes To Midnight

Despite the progress represented by the Iran nuclear deal, rising tensions between the U.S. and Russia, North Korea's nuclear tests and other conflicts mean the world is still close to catastrophe.

A sign at a Planned Parenthood Clinic is pictured in Oklahoma City, July 24, 2015. The furor on Capitol Hill over Planned Parenthood has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for decades to develop vaccines and seek treatments for a host of ailments, from vision loss and neurological disorders to cancer and AIDS. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

Grand Jury Clears Planned Parenthood, Indicts Anti-Abortion Activists

While investigating possible misconduct by Planned Parenthood, the grand jury decided to instead indict two anti-abortion activists.

Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin

On this At the Symphony, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson covers the backstory and notes of musical interest of the…

The <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquito is one of two types thought to be capable of carrying and transmitting the Zika virus.

Big Zika Virus Outbreak Unlikely In The U.S., Officials Say

The spread of Zika is probably limited by window screens and other mosquito-control measures in common use in the U.S. Also, the primary mosquito that carries Zika has a somewhat limited range.

The Iranian private airline Mahan Air uses Airbus planes, like the one pictured here at Yemen's Sanaa airport in 2015. Tehran is in talks with Airbus to buy more than 100 additional passenger planes.

As Sanctions On Iran Are Lifted, Many U.S. Business Restrictions Remain

The U.S. and other countries have agreed to lift sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program, but Washington still has other sanctions in place against Tehran.

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