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Gwen Ifill, PBS NEWSHOUR co-anchor and managing editor, and moderator and managing editor of WASHINGTON WEEK, will moderate the special broadcast of “America After Charleston.”

Airs Monday, September 21, 2015 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

A young man and his son lean on a border stone after he was stopped by Hungarian soldiers at the border exit between Serbia and Hungary in Asotthalom near Roszke, southern Hungary, Tuesday.

Hungary Declares Emergency As It Blocks Migrants At Border

Hungary declared a crisis in two southern counties Tuesday, as crowds of migrants were halted in Serbia, having missed Tuesday's deadline before the new and stricter laws took effect.

Debris and water cover the ground in Hildale, Utah, where a flood ripped through the town Monday.

Flash Floods On Utah-Arizona Border Leave Eight Dead

Two vehicles carrying 16 women and children were swept into a sudden rush of floodwater in southern Utah on Monday.

Images released by the Kentucky State Police show Trooper Cameron Ponder, left, and the man suspected of killing him, Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks.

Kentucky State Trooper Is Shot And Killed; Suspect Caught After Manhunt

The Kentucky State Police believes the suspect, Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, led Trooper Cameron Ponder on a nine-mile pursuit before shooting at his police car.

Joyce Carol Oates, pictured above on Easter, 1949. It is strange, she says, to live so long that you are older than your own parents were when they died. She uses the word "vertiginous" to describe the dizzying sensation of looking back on your life from a distance you can't believe you've traveled.

Joyce Carol Oates' Memoir Revisits The Farm And The Family That Shaped Her

Oates grew up on a farm in upstate New York. In The Lost Landscape, she describes how her parents, her grandmother, and her school experiences made her into the writer she is today.

Beatriz and Fabio Costa Vasconcelos pose for a photo in a park in Rio de Janiero. Brazilian couples are increasingly hiring professional photographers to take pictures when the wife is pregnant. The results are widely shared on social media.

If You're Expecting In Brazil, You Need A Pregnancy Photographer

If you visit the parks and beaches of Rio de Janeiro on a Saturday, you're likely to find photographers and clicking away at pregnant women with form-fitting outfits that highlight their bellies.

People take part in a march Saturday in support of migrants as part of the European Day of Action in Nice, in southeastern France.

With Home-Cooked Meals, France Warms To Mideast Migrants

Attitudes in France toward migrants have softened recently, and many of the new arrivals say accommodations have been better than expected. Still, the adjustment to a new country will be a challenge.

Inmates of the Naselle Youth Camp work at the Blue Lake Fire in Walla Walla, Wash.

Firefighting Program Offers Juvenile Inmates A Chance To Give Back

Among the first firefighters at eastern Washington wildfires this summer was a crew of juveniles inmates. But after one teenager escaped last month, the program is now under review.

A Fable's Foibles: In Gilded Language, This Folk Tale Gets To The Point

Author Patrick DeWitt knows well how to mine delight from despair. But his distinctive dark humor gathers a few rays of light in Undermajordomo Minor -- a scrambled folk tale that keeps a quick pace.

Debbie Ziegler holds a photo of her daughter, Brittany Maynard, as she receives congratulations from Ellen Pontac, after a right-to die measure was approved by the state Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif.

California Legislature Approves Assisted Suicide Bill

The bill that would allow physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to patients now rests in the hands of Gov. Jerry Brown.

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