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The hearing on Thursday will be livestreamed on YouTube and on most TV news channels.

Amnesty International USA is demanding an investigation into what it says is a lackluster response by Justice Department officials to the 6,000-page Senate torture report released in 2014.

In 2015 and 2016, the number of pedestrians killed in the U.S. increased significantly. In 2017, the number held steady at nearly 6,000 estimated fatalities, according to a new report.

More than 1,500 people who participated in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol four years ago got a pardon from President Trump this week. Pamela Hemphill, age 71, turned down the offer of clemency.

A recent spy flap between the United States and France has focused attention on the issue and ethics of industrial espionage -- spying on foreign firms to gain trade secrets and an advantage in the global marketplace. NPR's Dan Charles reports that the CIA is now warning U.S. companies against foreign spy operations while intelligence specialists are advising U.S. companies to develop espionage capabilities of their own.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports that while many politicians and educators are busily trying to get American schools to work harder at producing students who can compete in the international marketplace, some parents are concerned that their kids are working too hard. They fear the pressure to complete large homework assignments and to get ahead in school is destroying their children's love for learning, and is turning childhood into an ordeal.

Steven LaFon is the Associate Director of the Anti-Viral Clinical research for Glaxo-Wellcome. He says he empathizes with Getty, and that the company's researchers are working as fast as they can to get the drug 15-92 to the marketplace. He says although the results of trials have been very encouraging, it is still in the very early stages of the approval and marketing process.

Fanueil Hall Marketplace in Boston is a model of urban redevelopment projects...and one of the most popular tourist spots in the Northeast. But it's celebrating its 20th anniversary amidst a din of complaints from merchants, who accuse the developer of charging excessive fees and letting the place appear rundown. Aaron Schachter of member station WBUR reports.

His new book is Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. Among the commercial activities at many universities and colleges these days are: drug companies giving money to medical schools, industry buying the rights to scientific discoveries and industry-endowed faculty chairs. Bok is critical of such ventures.

A new report on the mass killings of Rohingya Muslims suggests six Myanmarese commanders be prosecuted. Investigators also say civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi did nothing to stop the attacks.