'Alternatives To Detention' Are Cheaper Than Jails, But Cases Take Far Longer

Prosecutors said on Wednesday that the FBI has information that Maria Butina has been in contact with Russia's FSB spy agency for as long as she has been in the United States. AP hide caption

DigiLens is working on a new kind of head-up display for cars that would turn a driver's windshield into a screen. The idea is to make the images appear as if they're in the real world. Continental AG hide caption

Each Re-New home is furnished to meet the needs and tastes of families. Jay Shah/WPLN hide caption

Fernando Cardona, a real-life construction worker and Mexican immigrant, was cast in the lead role in En el Séptimo Día. His character Jose is a restaurant delivery worker and the star of his amateur soccer team. Courtesy of Cinema Guild hide caption

An immigrant wears an ankle monitor as he sits at a shelter in McAllen, Texas after he was released after processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Eric Gay/AP hide caption

An early prototype of the silicon-chip-sized particle accelerator that physicists at Stanford are working on. Eventually, miniature accelerators might have a role in radiating tumors, the scientists say. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory hide caption

Dumisani Muleya, editor-in-chief of The Zimbabwe Independent. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

"I think Sarah has done a great job of making sure that she understands what the president wants," says Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer says in an interview at NPR with Mary Louise Kelly on Wednesday. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption