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Girls start the day with a prayer at the Veerni Institute in Jodhpur, India. It's a boarding school where nearly half the students are child brides.

For Child Brides, Pass 10th Grade Or Become In-Laws' Servant: #15Girls

Nimmu lives in northern India and was married at 10. Now she's 15. But she's found a way to delay moving in with her husband.

Justice Ginsburg Has Heart Procedure; Is Resting Comfortably

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the leader of the court's liberal wing, is 81-years-old. Doctors inserted a stent in her right coronary artery to address a blockage.

New York City police officers attend the wake of their fellow NYPD officer.

Hundreds Attend Wake Held For Slain NYPD Officer

The ceremony for officer Rafael Ramos comes nearly a week after he and partner Wenjian Liu were shot and killed in their patrol car by 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley.

Ed Sheeran performing at Ipswich Arts Festival 2010. Photo by Jen O'Neill.

LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN: Ed Sheeran

Airs Friday, July 26, 2013 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Ming Tsai, the James Beard Award-winning chef/owner of Blue Ginger and Blue Dragon, and host of the television series, SIMPLY MING.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. - Season 2: The Melting Pot

Airs Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Mario Gochez, from New Jersey, joins other supporters of fair immigration reform in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, April 18, 2016.

Justices Seem Divided Over Obama Immigration Actions

The administration is asking the justices to allow it to put in place two programs that could shield roughly 4 million people from deportation and make them eligible to work in the U.S.

Ed Walker hosted WAMU 88.5's Big Broadcast, a popular show featuring rebroadcasts of vintage radio dramas, for more than two decades. The 83-year-old died Monday shortly after his final broadcast.

Remembering A Lifelong Radio Man And His 'Big Broadcast'

Ed Walker died Monday after signing off his long-running show, The Big Broadcast, for the last time. The show, heard out of NPR member station WAMU, reprised programs from the golden age of radio.

The Special Management Unit at Lewisburg prison, which was created in 2009 for "dangerously violent, confrontational, defiant, antagonistic inmates," has received many complaints about its use of restraints on inmates.

Inside Lewisburg Prison: A Choice Between A Violent Cellmate Or Shackles

At one of the toughest prisons in America, doubling up inmates in cells designed for solitary confinement can lead to violence, and for some who refuse a cellmate, handcuffs and chains.

The image of Pope Francis ended up on these slices of toast thanks to a special toaster with metal stencillike inserts. But in most cases where people report seeing faces in their food, their brain is behind the illusion.

See The Pope On A Slice Of Toast? It's Perfectly Normal, Really

From Jesus on a fish stick to the Virgin Mary on a grilled cheese, lots of people report seeing the faces of religious figures in their food. It turns out, our brains may be wired to work this way.

The San Diego Chargers team captains get ready for the pregame coin toss, Dec. 29, 2013.

San Diego Chargers To Open Training Camp July 24 With Public Practice

The San Diego Chargers will open training camp for the 2014 season July 24 at Chargers Park, with the first of 10 practices open to the general public, the team announced Tuesday.

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