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After decades of success, director Martin Scorsese has his first Oscar. His film The Departed also won Best Picture. Among actors, Forest Whitaker was honored for playing Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, Helen Mirren for The Queen.

Host Scott Simon talks about the quintessential summer treat, ice cream, with Barb Zapzalka, owner of Pumphouse Creamery in Minneapolis, Minn. It ranks as one of the "Top 25 Ice Cream Spots in the U.S.," according to Food and Wine Magazine.

Jurors report they are split 6-6 in the murder trial of former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen. The 80-year-old defendant is accused of organizing the killing of three voting rights volunteers in Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964. It was one of the civil rights era's most notorious crimes.

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:A bill that aims to fix the troubled Dallas Police and Fire Pension fund took a big step forward today…

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:The fired Balch Springs officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards turned himself into…

Five stories that have North Texas talking: Poor Californians are migrating to Texas; 48 people were exonerated in Harris County in 2016: play a video…

On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee held a hybrid hearing to examine the events of Jan. 6, with particular focus on the Trump administration's response to the attack.

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:After days of negotiations with state senators, officials reached a deal last week to fix the troubled…

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:A former Balch Springs police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a black…

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:Dallas has a new top cop, and for the first time in the history of the city, a woman will lead the…