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During a visit last week to the California Museum in Sacramento, Les Ouchida holds a 1943 photo of himself (front row center) and his siblings taken at the internment camp in Jerome, Ark., that his family was moved to from their home near Sacramento in 1942.

California Lawmakers Apologize For U.S. Internment Of Japanese Americans

The bill's sponsor says he was "disturbed by the striking parallels" between the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and current U.S. immigration policy.

For the first time since Gallup started asking the question, 54 percent of Americans said they see Cuba favorably. Here, an old American car passes by the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Dec. 17, when the United States announced a plan to resume regular flights to and from Cuba.

For The First Time, Majority Of Americans See Cuba Favorably In Poll

Gallup says that for the first time since it started asking Americans about Cuba back in 1996, a majority now see the country in a favorable light.

Jordanian judges preside over the trial on Monday of Marik al-Tuwayha, charged with the murder of three American military trainers. The military court in Amman found Tuwayha guilty of shooting the trainers as they waited to enter the King Faisal base at Al-Jafr in southern Jordan in November 2016.

Jordanian Soldier Sentenced To Life In Killing Of 3 American Troops

The soldier said he opened fire on the American convoy because they failed to stop at the gate outside a Jordanian air base. He was convicted by a Jordanian military court.

American Tourist Dodges Ticket Inspector In Venice By Jumping Into Water

An American tourist dived into the water when a ticket inspector approached for a Venice waterbus. She was then fined hundreds of euros for swimming illegally.

Remembering The Woman Behind The Classic American Green-Bean Casserole

Dorcas Reilly created a Thanksgiving staple, the classic American Green-Bean Casserole. Among her other creations, a "tuna-noodle casserole," and Sloppy Joe "souperburgers."

How Americans Feel About Affirmative Action In Higher Education

Polls show that Americans broadly support the concept of affirmative action but oppose preferential treatment for minorities in college admissions.

KEITH FOURNIER, Head of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)

KEITH FOURNIER, Head of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). The ACLJ helped draft the Christian Coalition's Contract with the American Family. The contract, which has been a controversial topic on Capitol Hill, calls on Congress to allow prayer and religious displays in public places, curb pornography, restrict abortion, give tax relief to families, get tough with criminals, promote school choice and end taxpayer funding of the arts. Activist and preacher JIM WALLIS is the editor of Sojourners magazine . Wallis and other Protestant and Catholic officials have started a new coalition "Cry for Renewal." It's their alternative to the conservative agenda of the Christian Coalition. WALLIS is also the author of the book, The Soul of Politics (The New Press/Orbis

Bob Edwards Talks With James Zogby Of The Arab-American Institute

about the significance of the Israel-Palestinian conflict for the Mid-East peace process (4:00).

Powwow attendee Sonny Hensley holds an anti-mascot button to protest using Indians as mascots for sports teams at the 2003 New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow in Columbus, Ohio.

New York tells schools to drop Native American mascots

The state's education department is demanding school districts comply with a previous decision to nix all Native American mascots, team names and logos.

North Korea Grants Interviews With American Detainees: To What End?

Two U.S. news organizations, CNN and the Associated Press, were granted interviews with three men detained by North Korean authorities.

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