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The Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday that it will begin welcoming girls into its programs "after years of receiving requests from families and girls."

In Major Shift, Boy Scouts Says It Will Begin Allowing Girls To Join

The Boy Scouts of America says that girls can join its Cub Scout program beginning next year and that it hopes to have a program in place for older girls in 2019.

'Fish In Exile' Is A Chronicle Of Grief Barely Survived

In Vi Khi Nao's new novel, a husband and wife are falling apart after losing their two children in a terrible accident. Nao's poetic chops are on full display in this immersive, difficult book.

Dylann Roof is escorted from the Shelby Police Department in Shelby, N.C., on June 18, 2015.

Jury Finds Dylann Roof Guilty In S.C. Church Shooting

A jury in Charleston, S.C., has found Roof guilty on all 33 federal hate crime counts for murdering nine people in the basement of a historically black church in 2015. He could be sentenced to death.

Singer R. Kelly performs onstage in Los Angeles in 2004.

3 More Women Come Forward To Accuse R. Kelly Of Abuse

A pair of articles published on Friday by BuzzFeed News and The Washington Post include allegations of sexual and physical abuse from three women who were all teenagers when they met the singer.

Different types of THC-infused confections are left on display at Amazon Organics, a pot dispensary in Eugene, Ore.

How Potent Is That Pot Brownie? Dry Ice And A Blender Might Crack The Case

Too much THC can land you in the hospital. But testing pastries and candies made with marijuana also can gum up lab equipment. One group of scientists thinks they've got a solution.

Photo of a factory. FRONTLINE’s “War On The EPA” examines how Scott Pruitt went from fighting the EPA to running the agency and rolling back years of policy. The film is an investigation into the conservative political forces and causes, like climate change skepticism, that propelled Pruitt’s takeover of the EPA.

FRONTLINE: War On The EPA

Airs Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Mesa College students and administrators celebrate the opening of the school's first bachelor's degree program in this undated photo.

California Community Colleges To Hand Out First Bachelor's Degrees Next Year

Mesa College will graduate its first cohort of students earning four-year degrees in May. MiraCosta will hand out its first bachelor's degrees in 2019. But the programs' futures are uncertain.

A health official takes a blood sample from a child's finger for a malaria test at a clinic in Bong Ti Lang village on Thai-Myanmar border.

New Lab Technique Could One Day Make Malaria Easier To Treat

A malaria patient can carry different parasites that respond differently to drugs. Now there's a way to profile the parasites, which could lead to more effective treatment.

Zubeyr Mohamed, 12, teaches a younger student to play golf at Pro Kids in City Heights, May 10, 2016.

City Heights After-School Program Teaches Golf To Low-Income Kids

Founded by former Chargers player Ernie Wright in 1994, Pro Kids has been using golf to help low-income students — including refugees and immigrants — excel in school.

Above: Democrat Doug Applegate, a candidate in the 49th congressional district race in an undated campaign photo.

Democrat Doug Applegate Discusses His Second Run To Represent 49th Congressional District

Retired Marine Colonel Doug Applegate is running for the seat he nearly won back in 2016.

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