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Rhesus macaques are notorious for calculated robberies. From episode one “Hunger Wars.”

Encore Thursdays, Sept. 2 - 16, 2021 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand

Documents released Thursday show Osama bin Laden wanted al-Qaida and other extremist groups to focus on the U.S., and he was upset that they were killing so many Muslims. This undated image was seized from the walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where bin Laden was killed a year ago.

Bin Laden Papers Show Him Frustrated, Marginalized

The former al-Qaida leader was planning attacks throughout his years in Pakistan, which included a wish to kill President Obama. But the plots were far beyond the capability of his weakened organization. And bin Laden was upset with the actions of affiliated groups he couldn't control.

Waad was one of the opposition groups that participated in a Sept. 2013 demonstration. Before a court ordered it to dissolve today, it was the only major opposition group still operating in the country.

Bahrain Court Orders Dissolution Of Country's Last Major Opposition Group

The court order targets the secular National Democratic Action Society. Human rights groups are decrying the court order, saying it amounts to a de facto ban on all opposition in the country.

The latest Pakistani crackdown on aid groups isn't the first. Above: A policeman stands guard outside the office of Save the Children in Islamabad, which was shuttered by Pakistani authorities in June 2015 under suspicion of "working against the country," according to government officials.

'Panic And Confusion' As Pakistan Orders Foreign Aid Groups To Shut Down

Aid workers warn that the move will upend services to the country's neediest people and threaten hundreds of jobs. What's behind the government's decision?

Bunk beds line a "Bridge Shelter" near downtown San Diego, which is providing a home for 324 people, Feb. 23, 2018.

Moving San Diego Homeless From Tents To Permanent Housing Slow But Steady

Thursday marks three months since the opening of the city of San Diego’s first large tent shelter. Hundreds of homeless people living under the big gray dome are finding healing and a fresh start, but some may end up living there longer than expected.

Passengers line up to check in before their flights in May at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Two new automated security lanes at the Atlanta Airport are aimed at reducing long wait times.

New Airport Security Lanes In Atlanta Are 30 Percent More Efficient, TSA Chief Says

The two lanes, which were designed by Delta, were rolled out last month. TSA administrator Peter Neffenger told a Senate committee that "initial results show dramatic improvements."

Together with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, President Trump touches a lit-up globe that activated a video at the inauguration of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Here's The Deal With That Glowing Orb — And Plenty Of Notes On What It Isn't

It seemed an innocuous gesture: President Trump joined two other world leaders in laying their hands on a lit-up globe at an event in Saudi Arabia. Then, Twitter caught wind of it.

Artist Sam Gilliam is known for his vibrant, draped fabrics such as Swing from 1969.

Hard At Work At 84, Artist Sam Gilliam Has 'Never Felt Better'

"I stopped drinking, I stopped smoking. I live for this period of being in the studio," he says. Known for his vibrant, draped fabrics, Gilliam is currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity.

Moose and caribou antlers sit in a corner of the Alaska Fur Exchange in Anchorage. These large, high-quality antlers are unlikely to be cut down into pet chews and are mostly purchased by collectors.

Boom In Antler Pet Chews May Have Opened A Black Market

Hunters are waking up to find their prized antlers have been stolen overnight in Alaska, where online ads offering cash for antlers have proliferated.

Sailors view the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson from the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, April 13, 2015.

USS Carl Vinson Strike Group Prepares For Deployment

The strike group will deploy next Thursday and Friday to conduct exercises with partner nations in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.

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