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Army prison Commandant, LT.COL. Dawn Hilton (R), COL Thomas Collins (L) outside complex where PVT. Bradley Manning is held.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-966027.mp3Fort Leavenworth, KS – In an unusual action, The US Army opened parts of its…

Ambulances are parked outside the Mogadishu National Theatre on Wednesday after a suicide attack in the Somali capital. A young woman strapped with explosives blew herself up on at a ceremony in the Somali national theater attended by the prime minister and other officials.

Theater Bombing In Mogadishu Breaks Tenuous Calm In Somalia

The blast killed at least six and was a stark reminder of the country's fragile security situation.

Children stand near the rubble of a burnt house after Boko Haram attacks at Dalori, in northeastern Nigeria, on Sunday.

Boko Haram Attacks Village In Nigeria; Dozens Reportedly Dead

A survivor told The Associated Press he heard the screams of children as militants firebombed the village of Dalori. It was the third attack this week suspected to have been carried out by the group.

Car Bomb Kills At Least 26 In Baghdad Attack

The attack is one of the deadliest this year against the Iraqi military. This one occurred as would-be recruits gathered outside a military post.

Tension Continues As Turkey Returns Fire Against Syria

Turkey's prime minister said Syria shouldn't "dare to test Turkey's patience."

Lt. Ryan Snyder, who works at the Champaign County jail in Illinois, says it's hard for any such facility to provide the kind of one-on-one mental health treatment many inmates need.

County Jails Struggle To Treat Mentally Ill Inmates

Getting mental health treatment to inmates who need it requires money and unprecedented collaboration between state and county departments of criminal justice and social services. Is it working?

Chief of Security Joe Charvat walks the halls of the state penitentiary's Behavior Intervention Unit (BIU) — the prison's name for solitary confinement. Typically there are about 20 inmates in the cells, far fewer than in previous years.

North Dakota Prison Officials Think Outside The Box To Revamp Solitary Confinement

Thousands of inmates serve some of their time in solitary confinement, locked down in small cells for up to 23 hours a day. North Dakota is changing its thinking on this segregated housing.

Patient Violence, Lack Of Security Checks Created A ‘Perfect Storm’ At Osawatomie

Years of problems at Osawatomie State Hospital reached a crisis point in the fall of 2015, when the sexual assault of a hospital employee by a patient…

Gen. Robert B. Neller, commandant of the Marine Corps, is retiring this fall after a career spanning more than 40 years.

The Marines' Top General Talks About A Changing Corps

Gen. Robert Neller will step down as Marine Corps commandant this fall. In a wide-ranging interview, he talks about Russia and China, cyberwarfare, female Marines and sexual assault in the Corps.

Russian President Vladimir Putin participates in the G-20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018.

In New Book, Journalist Alleges Russian Links To Mysterious Deaths Abroad

BuzzFeed News editor Heidi Blake says Russian agents in Britain killed exiled Russian oligarchs, security officials and others critical of the Kremlin. Her new book is From Russia with Blood.

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