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'The Outer Cape' Shows Us That Every Place Has A Dark Side

Patrick Dacey puts his characters through the wringer in his new novel, a wrenching saga of a profoundly unhappy family set against the ostensibly idyllic background of Cape Cod.

Firefighters battle the Maria Fire in California's Ventura County. The blaze has engulfed more than 8,000 acres.

From Prison Crew to Pros, the Firefighters Who Beat the Odds — And Are Giving Back

For years, California has relied on prisoner hand crews to battle the state's massive wildfires. But after leaving prison, many people who worked on fire prison teams couldn't find work as professional firefighters.

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)

Former Top-Secret Submarine Base In Crimea Is Now A Museum

A secret underground naval base in Crimea designed to preserve Soviet submarines in case of a nuclear attack is now a museum with an anti-American message.

Exonerated after 16 years in prison, Kristine Bunch ate a celebratory meal of scallops, cheese grits, a platter of hummus and vegetables, and champagne. It was a meal that became the first image by artist Julie Green in her series "First Meal," a project supported by the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities. (Paintings are 4 feet by 3 feet, acrylic on Tyvek.)

Art Series Captures Taste And Color Of Prisoners' First Meal After Exoneration

Artist Julie Green, who also depicts the final meals of death row inmates, is now painting first meals of exonerees. The food is celebratory, but nothing compared to all those lost years, she says.

Spooky And Off-Kilter, 'Come Again' Shows Nate Powell's Virtuosity

Powell is known for his work on John Lewis' autobiography March -- but his new graphic novel goes in a different direction, digging into family secrets and supernatural horrors in an Ozarks commune.

An Aldabra giant tortoise on Curieuse island in the Seychelles.

Seychelles Finds A Novel Way To Swap Its Debt For Marine Protections

The Indian Ocean nation has brokered a novel deal that is intended to protect nearly one third of its marine area and is thought to be the first of its kind.

Adam (Julian Morris) and Flora (Vanessa Redgrave).

Man In An Orange Shirt On MASTERPIECE

Airs Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, June 29 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Marlon Jackson (from left), father Joe Jackson, an unidentified friend, Michael Jackson and Randy Jackson backstage at the Inglewood Forum on Aug. 26, 1973.

Joe Jackson, Strict Manager And Father To Pop Royalty, Dead At 89

The patriarch helped take his legendary family from Gary, Ind., to global stardom, though the disciplinarian streak he used to get them there proved controversial later in life.

Eve Clark, 10, and Maggie Berry, 17, help with chores at Vision Aire Farms. They are seen in the barn, adjacent to the milking parlor.

For Wisconsin's Dairy Farmers, Tariffs Could Reshape The Race For The Senate

Retaliatory tariffs on dairy may put dairy farmers in Wisconsin, a state won by Donald Trump in 2016, up for political grabs in this year's midterm elections.

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