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Hackman was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, according to the new report. The actor, 95, had been in poor health for some time.

Michael Graczyk has been witnessing and writing about executions in Texas for 30 years as a criminal justice reporter for The Associated Press. One challenge, he says, is not falling into a formula.

At a news briefing Thursday afternoon, Kern County Sheriff Don Youngblood said that a science teacher helped convince the gunman, a 16-year-old student at the school, that he should put his weapon on the ground. The teacher was joined by a campus supervisor in talking to the gunman.

Steve Inskeep talks with Angela Kane, the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, about the Syria Chemical Weapons report.

After a 15-month study of mental health issues in the U.S. Army, it released a report on drug abuse, suicides, and other problems. Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli goes over the report with NPR's Robert Siegel.

Alabama's attorney general ruled that a fatal police shooting at a Birmingham-area mall was justified. Police shot and killed a man they incorrectly believed was responsible for a shooting.

Sen. Richard Burr warned some constituents to prepare for COVID-19's dire effects, according to a recording obtained by NPR. ProPublica reports Burr unloaded stock before the market volatility.

San Francisco police raided a freelance journalist's home on Friday to find out the source of a damaging leak. The raid set off a firestorm and plays into broader fears about press freedoms.

Information was withheld from the report's researchers even though the U.S. has the data. The Pentagon says the Afghan government wanted it kept secret.

The accusation is nearly two decades old. The Canadian prime minister said Thursday that he apologized "in the moment" but that "the same interactions can be felt very differently" by people involved.