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These Palmer amaranth — or pigweed — plants, seen growing in a greenhouse at Kansas State University, appear to be resistant to multiple herbicides.

As Weeds Outsmart The Latest Weedkillers, Farmers Are Running Out Of Options

In the long-running war between farmers and weeds, it's advantage, weeds. Scientists in Kansas have found examples of the dreaded pigweed that are immune to the newest weed-killing technologies.

Portrait of Joseph Pulitzer painted by Sargent.

AMERICAN MASTERS: Joseph Pulitzer

Airs Friday, April 12, 2019 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Some Central American migrants start their journey through Mexico at the Guatemalan border town of Gracias a Dios.

Coyotes' Boomtown: Picking Up The Migrant Trail On The Way To The U.S.-Mexico Border

Migrants from Central America who end up in the U.S. must cross the Guatemala-Mexico border, where immigration control is light to nonexistent. Quicker journeys are spurring more illegal immigration.

One World Trade Center (WTC) stands in the lower Manhattan skyline as birds fly over the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Feb. 8, 2019.

Big Cities, Bright Lights And Up To 1 Billion Bird Collisions

When birds migrate, they can become attracted to and disoriented by artificial lights. The result: they end up colliding with skyscrapers and other buildings.

Those aren't birds — they're mini-missiles made of foam, from "Hellfire II," a piece by Pakistani-American artist Mahwish Chishty. It's part of the "Perilous Bodies" exhibit at the Ford Foundation Gallery in Manhattan.

Dangerous Art: A Stark But Inspiring New Exhibit

In "Perilous Bodies," a new exhibit at the Ford Foundation Gallery, artists share their vision of the injustice, from the rickety boats of migrants to missiles that look like a flock of blackbirds.

Dread Scott's The Blue Wall of Violence, as part of the Perilous Bodies exhibit at the Ford Foundation Gallery in Manhattan.

Dangerous Art: A Stark But Inspiring New Exhibit

In "Perilous Bodies," a new exhibit at the Ford Foundation Gallery, artists share their vision of the injustice, from the rickety boats of migrants to missiles that look like a flock of blackbirds.

Group of freedmen, including children, gathered by a canal in Richmond, Va., in 1865.

RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Stream now or tune in Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 from 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday that it will no longer consider people in same-sex marriages to be apostates. Here, a pride flag flies in front of the Historic Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City as part of a 2015 protest of the church's LGBT policies.

In Major Shift, Mormon Church Rolls Back Controversial Policies Toward LGBT Members

"We want to reduce the hate and contention so common today," said LDS President Dallin Oaks. Church doctrine will consider same-sex marriage "a serious transgression" but not apostasy.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a cellphone repair company in Texas on Wednesday. Buses left the site a few hours after the raid began, presumably with some of the 280 workers accused of being in the country without proper documentation.

ICE Raids Texas Technology Company, Arrests 280 Over Immigration Violations

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was responding to a tip that many workers at CVE Technology Group outside Dallas were using fraudulent identification documents.

Prosecutors in McLennan County, Texas, said that all remaining charges related to the deadly melee between rival motorcycle gangs outside a Waco restaurant in May 2015 would be dropped. The aftermath of the shooting is seen here.

Texas Prosecutor Drops All Charges In 2015 Biker Shootout That Killed 9

The McLennan County district attorney said he aims to "end this nightmare that we have been dealing with in this county." Prosecutors were not able to win any convictions after indicting 155 bikers.

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