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KVNF Regional Newscast: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015

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New York Announces 'Dramatic Reform' Of Solitary Confinement Rules

Leroy Peoples, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, served 780 consecutive days in isolation.

Ali Hakim performs in the main train station under Kuala Lumpur's most famous landmark, the Petronas Twin Towers. Malaysia's Tourism Ministry now provides support for buskers.

Malaysia Gives Buskers A Stage Of Their Own

Street performers are a common sight in Kuala Lumpur, but they weren't always welcome. An effort to bring buskers together, along with support from the Tourism Ministry, helped change their image.

The Puerto Rican capitol building in San Juan is seen on July 1, 2015. The island's residents are struggling to cope with the government's $72 billion debt.

Congress' Funding Package Offers No Debt Assistance To Puerto Rico

Struggling under a $72 billion debt, the territory asked for a legal change allowing it to file for some form of bankruptcy. But lawmakers have left that language out of their tax-and-spending deal.

Officer William Porter's trial has ended in a mistrial. He is one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. His case is the first to come to court.

Judge Declares Mistrial In Baltimore Police Case After Jury Deadlocks

The jury couldn't reach a verdict on involuntary manslaughter and three other charges Officer William Porter faced over the death of Freddie Gray.

A mother with her malnourished infant at a feeding center in Sanaa, Yemen. According to UNICEF, over a million Yemeni children under age 5 are at risk of malnutrition.

Yemen Has A Glimmer Of Hope Amid War, Malnutrition, Malaria

Tuesday's cease-fire offers a sliver of peace, but civilians are continuing to feel the effects of the protracted fighting.

The winner of Liberia's <em>Integrity Idol 2015</em> is registered nurse Jugbeh Tarpleh Kekula. She works in the emergency room at the Liberia Government Hospital in Buchanan, the country's third-largest city with a population of some 35,000.

'American Idol' Can't Compete With Liberia's 'Integrity Idol'

The winner could write a song about how to live a good life: She's a people-loving, honest-to-a-fault ER nurse.

A Lexus NX 300h hybrid is the most fuel efficient truck sold in the U.S., the EPA says, listing a combined 43.5 mpg.

Trucks Hit Record 20.4 MPG, EPA Says; Carmakers Are Ahead Of Emissions Standards

Fuel economy is at record highs and carmakers have surpassed strict greenhouse gas emissions standards for the third straight year, the Environmental Protection Agency says.

In a recently surfaced recording of a 1939 radio interview, James Naismith, describes how he invented basketball in 1891.

How James Naismith created basketball when he was a gym teacher

In what may be the only recording of his voice, James Naismith describes how he created basketball to occupy his stir-crazy students during a snowy winter in New England.

Congress has unveiled a spending bill to keep the government running that also weighs in on plenty of food policy issues.

Follow The Money: Congress Uses Budget Bill To Rewrite Food Policies

As lawmakers revealed a spending bill to keep the government running, they also took the time to weigh in on school lunch, GM salmon, calorie postings on menus and meat labels.

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