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A new report by Human Rights Watch disputes the Uzbek government's account of a brutal crackdown on protesters in the country's eastern Ferghana Valley. The report says government troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators, killing as many as 500.

Mayor Don McLaughlin disputed a new report that alleges missed chances to quickly end the deadly May 24 attack at a Texas elementary school.

After a summer of weekly book picks from a variety of notable readers, Weekend Edition Sunday asked for input from the listeners.

Retail spending jumped more than expected in June. But it's not keeping pace with rising prices. In many cases, people are spending more money but getting less in return.

Protests have broken out in several cities in Iran after the death of a young woman who'd been arrested by the so-called "morality police."

The NBA says Suns owner Robert Sarver used racially insensitive language in the workplace, treated female employees unequally, made sex-related statements, and sometimes bullied employees.

A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing.

As U.S. military planners work to help Iraqis retake territory from ISIS, the State Department is thinking about how to help Christians and other religious minorities recover from what the Obama administration has called a genocide.

Justice Department officials met with key senators to explain why they won't prosecute two former FBI agents who botched the sexual assault investigation.

A jury is seated and opening statements have been heard in the Trump Organization tax evasion trial. At issue is compensation given to executives.