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David Hecht reports from Dakar that a Senegalese court today indicted former Chadian ruler Hissein Habre on charges of torture. Habre has been living in Senegal since he was forced from power in 1990. The complaint against Habre was filed by a number of groups, including Chadian victims of human rights abuses and Human Rights Watch. Human rights activists hailed the indictment, the first such action against an ex-head of state since Britain arrested Augusto Pinochet in October 1998.

An encounter with white separatists decades ago led to new deadly force policies for some federal law enforcement. Minneapolis is raising questions about whether it's again time to revisit the issue.

Clever advice on how to quickly rebook your flight, skip long lines and avoid flight issues in the future. One tip? Try queuing up for an agent in the airport lounge.

When he spoke at Davos this week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney referenced a 1978 essay by Vaclav Havel, written when Czechoslovakia was under Soviet control.

A federal immigration agent killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday in Minneapolis. Pretti was an intensive care unit nurse at a local veterans hospital.

A massive winter storm has blanketed parts of the U.S. with snow, sleet and ice, resulting in power outages and exploding trees.

Sinners landed a record number of nods, while Avatar: Fire and Ash and Wicked: For Good fell short of their franchise predecessors.

Horror movie Sinners has a record 16 nominations this year, including for best picture, actor Michael B. Jordan and a new category: achievement in casting.

This year's Super Bowl matchup is set after two different but equally nail-biting AFC and NFC championship games.

The schools are raising questions about whether public money can be used for religious education.