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Azerbaijan has carried out an “escalating crackdown” on government critics and activists over the past two years, according to Human Rights Watch and Freedom Now.

Human Rights Watch issued a new report Tuesday examining the legality of the CIA's post-9/11 detention and interrogation program. It is expected to challenge the Obama administration's conclusions that it is impossible to prosecute the CIA officers and others involved in the program.

A quarter-century after it first aired, "Friends" is enjoying a huge afterlife — it was the second most-watched show on Netflix this year. What is it about "Friends" that resonates with viewers?

Rwanda backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed hundreds of villagers in July, according to Human Rights Watch, raising doubts about Trump backed peace process.

The Wall Street Journal reports the Justice Department is probing whether the NFL has engaged in anti-competitive practices that force consumers to pay more to watch games on streaming services.

Floyd Van Alstyne was 12 years old in 1932, when Vermont saw its last total eclipse. He says people didn't make much of a fuss about it then. He's not planning a fuss this time, but he'll be watching.

In their congressional testimony this week, Trump's would-be advisers said they disagreed with the incoming president on a range of issues, from Russian hacking to NATO to even that border wall.

Sixteen states and American Samoa hold primary elections. Supreme Court restores Donald Trump to Colorado's primary ballot. U.N. report finds grounds to believe Hamas attacks in Israel included rapes.

A favorite to replace Trevor Noah at The Daily Show, Roy Wood Jr. has come a long way from his start riding the bus to stand-up gigs. He's hosting the White House Correspondents' dinner on April 29.

The former New York City Ballet star died Sunday at 86 after a stroke.

Daniel talks to Goeran Carstedt, President of Ikea North America about his company's take on American lifestyles. According to an Ikea report Americans center all their furnishings around the television...which is getting bigger and bigger. By contrast in Ikea's homebase Sweden, people tend to centre their lifestyles around a dining room sets..they talk more and watch T.V. less.

Chinese orphans are placed in horrendous conditions, eading the majority of them to die of starvation and medical neglect. NPR's ary Kay Magistad reports on a study by Human Rights Watch/Asia, a U.S.-based onitoring group, which finds that the Chinese government singled out children or starvation in order to stabilize orphange populations.