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Actor John Krasinski and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role Thursday.

2016 Oscar Nominations Are Announced: 'The Revenant,' 'Mad Max' Get Most Nods

The Revenant has a dozen nominations, followed by Mad Max: Fury Road with 10, and The Martian with seven. The winners will be announced on Feb. 28.

Housing segregation leads to racially distinct social spaces, and not just when it comes to schools or offices.

Where Brunch And Housing Segregation Collide

The consequences of housing segregation can be severe. But they can also be intimate and nebulous, and show up at the most awkward times.

A unidentified family member (right) of a 10-year-old boy that contracted Ebola has her temperature measured by a health worker outside an Ebola clinic on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, on Nov. 20. Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have now gone 42 days without a single reported case of Ebola.

West Africa Is Finally Declared Ebola-Free — For Now

For the first time since the most recent Ebola outbreak began, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have each reported zero cases of Ebola for 42 days in a row. But the risk of small flare-ups remains.

A June 2013 photo shows a cell at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Fourteen prisoners have been transferred in the past two weeks, bringing the total number of detainees below 100 for the first time since the facility opened in 2002.

With Latest Transfers, Guantanamo Now Holds Fewer Than 100 Detainees

A total of 14 detainees have been transferred to Kuwait, Ghana, Saudi Arabia and Oman in the past two weeks. That leaves 93 detainees at the military prison in Cuba.

“The reality is, we are looking at the fall of 2017,” Dr. Dan Jones said.

A&M-Commerce Plans To Open Charter School In 2017

Officials with Texas A&M University-Commerce are awaiting word on whether the university will receive a charter to open a new Science, Technology,…

Forrest Dickson, left, speaks with Greenville City Councilmember Holly Gotcher, shortly after the council agreed to sell Dickson the pickup which his father, the late Officer David Dickson, used to drive.

Truck To Memorialize David Dickson

A surplus City of Greenville pickup truck will be restored into a memorial for one of the city’s former police officers.The Greenville City Council…

An optometrist confronts the killers responsible for his brother's death during the 1965 Indonesian genocide in <em>The Look of Silence</em>.

Even In A Film Category Full Of Global Issues, #OscarsSoWhite

Nominees include globally-minded films set in places like Liberia and Pakistan. But a new study of nominated documentary directors does confirm: #OscarsSoWhite

Tunisians celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring on Thursday in Tunis.

5 Years After Ousting Dictator, Is Tunisia Backsliding On Human Rights?

Amnesty International says it has evidence of deaths in custody and torture in Tunisia, which has been heralded as a bright spot in a troubled region.

Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the international Anglican Communion, stands under clouds in 2008, in Canterbury, England. A church meeting this week on the issue of same-sex marriage has resulted in a three-year sanction of the Episcopal Church, the Anglican body in America.

Anglican Leaders Censure Episcopal Church For Stance On Homosexuality

The U.S. church, which allows same-sex marriage, has been sanctioned by leaders of the international fellowship. Episcopalians won't be allowed to participate in key decision-making for three years.

President Obama gives his State of the Union address in Washington on Tuesday.

Adding 'Beauty And Joy' To Obama's Push For Computer Science Teaching

Fewer than 10 percent of America's high schools offer computer science classes. Educators say just adding courses isn't enough — it will take teachers who inspire.

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