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Six U.S. Troops Killed In Single IED Blast

NATO has confirmed that the six troops killed in a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday were all Americans. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the fatal attack.

Police On Lookout For Drunken Drivers, Illegal Fireworks On July Fourth

Law enforcement officers in San Diego County will be on the lookout this Fourth of July for drunken drivers and illegal fireworks, sheriff's officials said.

Protesters in Baltimore rally against the kickoff of Fortnight for Freedom, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops say the campaign is a response to government attacks on religious liberty, but critics say it's an attack on the Obama administration.

Feeling Under Siege, Catholic Leadership Shifts Right

The Vatican and the U.S. Conference of Bishops are pushing back against what they perceive as threats to the Catholic Church's core beliefs. While some Catholics are uncomfortable with the changes under way, others say they are overdue.

A firefighting air tanker drops fire retardant on the Tea Fire in Montecito, Calif. in 2008. In 2000, The U.S. Forest Service had contracts for 43 air tankers. These days, that number is only nine.

Firefighting Planes Battle Wildfires And Old Age

Many of the planes used by the U.S. Forest Service to combat wildfires were made shortly after World War II. The recent deaths of two Idaho pilots have brought the safety of the aging and shrinking air fleet into question.

Vannak Prum of Cambodia was sold onto a Thai fishing boat where he was forced to work in miserable conditions for three years before escaping. Thailand's huge fishing industry is coming under increasing criticism for using trafficked workers who have been sold to unscrupulous ship captains.

Confined To A Thai Fishing Boat, For Three Years

Thailand has a huge fishing industry that's chronically short of workers. Human traffickers recruit desperate men from Cambodia and Myanmar, who then find themselves at sea for extended periods in miserable conditions. One man says his ordeal lasted three years.

San Diego Paratrooper Killed In Afghanistan Was On Sixth Deployment

An Army paratrooper from San Diego was killed June 15 in Afghanistan. U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas C. Fredsti, 30, was on his sixth deployment.

Jay Guilford, top, fell to his death in 2008 while installing cell phone antennas on a tower in Indiana.

FRONTLINE: Cell Tower Deaths

Airs Friday, May 25, 2012 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

A Marine Corps team carries the remains of Marine Sgt. J.P. Huling, 25, of West Chester, Ohio, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on May 9. Huling was killed three days earlier by an Afghan soldier in southern Afghanistan, one of a growing number of such shootings.

An Afghan Shoots, A Marine Dies, Mistrust Grows

It's not clear what motivated an Afghan sergeant to fatally shoot a U.S. Marine sergeant earlier this month. But American troops are increasingly wary of their Afghan partners after repeated shootings.

Interactive Map: U.S. Rates Of Child Abuse Fatalities

Using data from a report by the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, this map chronicles child fatalities by maltreatment in most states. However, state data on child fatality from maltreatment is difficult to compare: There is no federal definition of child abuse, so cases are interpreted differently.

Congress Members Lambaste Border Patrol Over 2010 Detainee Death

Sixteen members of Congress called today for stricter oversight on Border Patrol personnel in light of new evidence of "appalling behavior'' on the part of agents during an arrest that led to a detainee's death at the U.S.-Mexico line in San Ysidro two years ago.

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