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FRONTLINE Wins Overseas Press Club Award for “Mosul”
The documentary, which won the OPC's Edward R. Murrow Award, was filmed on the ground over the course of the brutal, nine-month battle to retake Mosul from ISIS.
March 21, 2018
Facebook Insider Says Warnings About Data Safety Went Unheeded By Executives
A manager who worked on privacy issues at Facebook told FRONTLINE that he raised red flags to company executives more than five years ago about the risks that users' personal data could be inappropriately obtained and misused, but said his warnings went unheeded.
March 20, 2018
N.Y. Governor Orders Investigation Into DA's Handling of Weinstein Case
The investigation stems from the decision by District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. not to prosecute Weinstein following an NYPD sting that secretly recorded Weinstein apologizing to an Italian model for groping her.
March 20, 2018
Can the Death Penalty Actually Stem the Opioid Epidemic?
President Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to pursue the death penalty against drug traffickers to tackle the opioid epidemic, but experts say a more punitive approach may only compound the crisis.
March 20, 2018
As Mississippi Restricts Abortion After 15 Weeks, Revisit "The Last Abortion Clinic"
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has signed into law the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., in terms of weeks of pregnancy after which the procedure is prohibited.
March 19, 2018
Hacker Adrian Lamo, Who Reported Chelsea Manning, Dies at 37
In a 2011 interview with FRONTLINE, Adrian Lamo said he turned Chelsea Manning into the authorities because "the needs of the many outweighed the needs of one."
March 19, 2018
Saudi Crown Prince's U.S. Visit Comes at Critical Moment for Riyadh
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's meeting with President Trump this week comes at a critical moment for U.S.-Saudi relations: The Saudi heir will look to solidify American support amid an ongoing effort to consolidate power at home.
March 19, 2018
Q&A: What Trump Could Expect from a Meeting with North Korea
After "fire and fury," Trump shows a sudden willingness to talk. Dr. Jung Pak, a former CIA analyst and now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, weighs in on what could come next.
March 14, 2018
Trump’s New CIA Director Nominee Helped Cover Up Torture
Trump's support for Haspel, currently the CIA deputy director, follows the president’s repeated praise for techniques widely described as torture.
March 13, 2018
Florida Moves to Ban Marriage Before the Age of 17
Some 16,400 minors were married in Florida between 2000 and 2015. Now, the state has moved to tighten its laws on child marriage.
March 9, 2018
Watching "The Looming Tower"? Meet the Real John O’Neill.
Meet the real John O’Neill in FRONTLINE's classic 2002 documentary, “The Man Who Knew.”
March 9, 2018
Opioid Overdoses Are Up Another 30 Percent, CDC Says
Hospital emergency rooms saw a 30 percent uptick in visits related to opioid overdoses over the course of a year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
March 8, 2018