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Since 2010, the U.S. Border Patrol has killed 17 people. Rock assaults against agents are on the rise, but victims' families want justice.

Airs Monday, August 11, 2014 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

One of the major stories of the week that perhaps you haven't heard, is a record-setting ice melt at the Arctic. A Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist will tell us what that indicates about the rate of climate change.

Few of us own the music we listen or the movies we watch in exactly the same way we did a decade ago. And today if you buy a smartphone from a cellphone company, what you can legally do with it — how and where you can use it — may be proscribed even if that phone is fully bought and paid for.

The storm may give the GOP presidential contender a unique chance to make an impression.

One in five sexual assaults at Marine Corps bases last year were reported in San Diego County. We take a look at what's being done to combat MST and hear from a California legislator trying to change the way abuse is reported.

Mayor Bob Filner refused to resign and said he is innocent until proven guilty, as former supporters calling for his resignation give lurid details about alleged harassment.

The town hall may be a poor format for Obama to attempt evening the score.

The Kewpie Apocalypse and More

Louise Erdrich's latest novel examines the way violence can give rise to violence, as a young Native American man pursues justice for his mother, who has been sexually assaulted. Reviewer Alan Cheuse says the book is one of Erdrich's best — keenly crafted and containing some wonderful set pieces.