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The Oscar winner's other credits include To Live and Die in L.A., Cruising, Rules of Engagement and a TV remake of the classic play and Sidney Lumet movie 12 Angry Men.

The beloved singer and interpreter of pop standards won 20 Grammy awards over a career that touched eight decades.

Fifty years after the desegregation of the South, an oratorio will pay tribute to an unlikely civil rights activist — a waiter named Booker Wright who spoke out about discrimination on the job.

Those displaced by the fires have found temporary quarters in hotels and with family and friends. One host opened their home to 87 evacuees, most of them from one extended family.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's recent health concerns have spotlighted Kentucky's appointment system. It's one of a handful of states where political parties get a say.

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel, head of the House Democratic Congress, about the results of Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina and Indiana. They also discuss how the future of the race will impact the Democratic Party's chances in the fall.

Democratic Rep. Silvestre Reyes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, disputes President Bush's claim that the country is less safe because Congress let lapse a temporary law that governs government spying. He tells Steve Inskeep why House Democrats have not acted on the law.

The five-term North Carolina senator retired in 2003 but left a legacy of strong conservatism — and controversy — in a state that hadn't seen a GOP senator for decades. He has died at the age of 86.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was locked in a tight election race, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible as the final votes were counted.

Scores of wildfires are burning across Greece. A wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes has forced authorities to order an evacuation of sites including seaside resorts full of tourists.