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Florin Grosuleac has raised more than 60 orphaned boys in his small apartment in Bucharest. In a country where children are too often abandoned, Grosuleac has devoted his life to taking them in.

The record-breaking wildfire in Yosemite National Park is almost fully contained, two months after it started. The blaze calls attention to a problem across the western U.S. -- after a century having its fires routinely extinguished, the forests are overloaded with fuel.

Airs Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Sundays, March 30 - May 18, 2014 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

A $1.1 trillion spending bill for operating the government until just before next fall's election steamed through the battle-weary House on Wednesday over tepid protests from tea party conservatives.

The government shutdown is frustrating enough for furloughed workers, but for families dependent on federal food assistance, it's infuriating.

On the 300th anniversary of his birth, hear how music by Johann Sebastian's son Carl Philipp Emanuel bridged the gap between the old-fashioned Baroque and newfangled music by Haydn and Mozart.

Arkansas has approved a law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of gestation, as both houses of the state's legislature vote to override a veto by Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe. The Republican-backed Human Heartbeat Protection Act will become the nation's most restrictive law.

Airs Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

'Reportero' follows the reporters of Zeta, a Tijuana weekly newspaper, who face a constant threat of death as they dig into the drug war. The documentary airs on PBS Jan. 7, 2013.