The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigates discrimination in schools. It recently lost more than 40% of its staff.

Prosecutors' decision to forego seeking the death penalty in the Texas case reportedly had to do with the victims' families' wishes.

The local theatre organization is staging "Vietnam 101: The War on Campus" by Rich Orloff.