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The team measures and documents bones of the body as part of intake OPID 699, which was one of 16 human remains exhumed at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Brooks County in January. Operation Identification's goal is to identify and repatriate unidentified human remains that were found in the South Texas borderlands.

After Grim Deaths In The Borderlands, An Effort To Find Out Who Migrants Were

More than 200 migrants die attempting to cross the Southwest border each year. Slowly, scientists at a Texas laboratory are seeking the story of their bones.

A woman shopping in the 1970s picks up a bag of Snyder's pretzels. Today, Hanover remains a center of snack food manufacturing, even as the food industry changes around it.

How The Pennsylvania Dutch Turned A Rural Town Into A Snack Food Empire

In a food landscape dominated by multinational conglomerates like Frito-Lay and PepsiCo, the small town of Hanover, Pa., has produced homegrown snacks for a century and is still thriving today.

Asaati Nadi (left) and Hamida Ibrahim at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., on June 15.

Favorite Visual Stories Of 2018

NPR's list of memorable visual stories includes coverage of the 2018 midterm election, migrant caravans, Puerto Rico's hurricane recovery and, of course, a musical insect invasion.

Syrian demonstrators wave the national flag during a demonstration in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Sunday, asking for the Syrian army's protection as Turkey threatens to carry out a fresh offensive following the U.S. decision to withdraw troops.

'We Will Curse Them As Traitors': Syrian Kurds React To U.S. Troop Withdrawal Plan

After President Trump's decision to pull out U.S. troops, residents of northeastern Syria tell NPR they feel betrayed. Syrians, led by Kurdish fighters, have lost thousands in the fight against ISIS.

Regina Jones, 71, pictured in this undated photo, says Los Angeles area public transit and paratransit services are uncomfortable and inconvenient for senior citizens. She stopped driving while in her 60s because of a back injury and anxiety.

Life After Driving: How California Seniors Are Rethinking Getting Around

The car-centric California dream has defined freedom and opportunity in the Golden State for decades. But it poses challenges for a generation that expects to remain active and independent in retireme

If a doctor's office is like Blockbuster, Hims feels more like Netflix. It's a way to skip the long waits and crowds and get generic Viagra, hair growth treatment and other medicine and vitamins with minimal interaction with a health care provider — for better and worse.

Perspective: Direct-To-Consumer Medicine Can Be Quick And Discreet, But What's Lost?

If you happily order your contact lenses online, why not get drugs for migraines or erectile dysfunction that way, too? Be careful, a medical student warns. Your "simple" self-diagnosis may be wrong.

Donald Trump Jr. spoke at a campaign rally for Sen. Martha McSally in 2018. He and President Trump welcomed reports Thursday that they didn't talk on the phone ahead of a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians.

Trumps Exult Following Reports Of No Phone Contact Ahead Of 2016 Russia Meeting

Donald Trump Jr. did not call his father from his cellphone as he was arranging a Trump Tower meeting to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, according to new reports.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Deputy Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen speak together as they walk across the South Lawn of the White House in August.

Trump Nominates Kirstjen Nielsen As Next Homeland Security Secretary

Kirstjen Nielsen currently serves as John Kelly's principal deputy chief of staff in the White House and was also Kelly's chief of staff when he recently led the Department of Homeland Security.

A poster at the entrance of the Laurel Highlands Council headquarters in Pittsburgh shows a young girl in a Cub Scouts uniform. The program for younger kids can include co-ed troops, but older kids will have single-sex troops.

Welcoming Girls, Boy Scouts Program Is Now Scouts BSA

Younger girls have been able to join Cub Scouts for nearly a year, and more than 77,000 joined. Now, older girls 11-17 have a path to earn the organization's highest rank.

A scene from MIDSOMER MURDERS Season 12, featuring John Nettles as DCI Barnaby and Jason Hughes as DS Jones.

MIDSOMER MURDERS: Season 12 (Season Finale This Week!)

Airs Thursdays, Sept. 26 - Nov. 7, 2019 from 10-11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV (10:30 p.m. start only on Oct. 31)

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