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  • A report on the deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport last year was released Tuesday. It criticizes the response of public safety agencies, citing poor coordination and faulty technology.
  • Attorney General William Barr faced questions Wednesday from the Senate Judiciary Committee on his handling of the Mueller report.
  • Reporters Without Borders, an international journalist organization, launches a new campaign to free American reporter Jill Carroll. Carroll was kidnapped in Iraq seven weeks ago and her kidnappers have threatened to kill her if the United States doesn't release female Iraqi prisoners by Sunday.
  • The CIA has released the findings of its inspector general's internal report on the agency's performance prior to the Sept. 11 attacks. Parts of the report have been leaked to the media in recent years, but the CIA made the executive summary available Tuesday.
  • Michael Dresser of the Baltimore Sun says he'll be wearing rubber gloves in the newsroom because the ink irritates his skin and eyes. He told The Wall Street Journal the irony is not lost on him.
  • Beyond the glamour of Hollywood and the romance of the Golden Gate Bridge, there is another California -- and it's home to the greatest garden in the world. The 400-mile-long Central Valley supplies fully one-quarter of the food America eats. Now the region faces huge changes. In the second of a four-part series on the future of the valley, NPR's John McChesney reports on the benefits and pitfalls of pesticide use, and the pressure on farmers to "go organic."
  • Time magazine has decided to surrender the notes of reporter Matthew Cooper. The journalist had been held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal a confidential government source who "outed" the identity of a covert CIA operative married to a critic of President Bush's Iraq policy. The decision by the magazine has wide implications for the future of investigative journalism. Alex Chadwick talks with Time editor-in-chief Norman Pearlstine.
  • A report by Save the Children finds the U.S. ranks 36 out of 175 nations when it comes to child poverty. Within the U.S., nearly a quarter of children growing up in rural America were poor in 2016.
  • Home Depot says it has had "one of the best quarters in its recent history." It credits the recovery in the housing market. Main rival Lowes also benefited from the housing recovery, and strong demand for home refurbishings.
  • Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller returns to the witness stand at the perjury trial of former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby. She has disputed Libby's account of when he first discussed the identity of a CIA operative.
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