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Outgoing Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 400 people in his final days in office.

On His Way Out, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Pardons Murderers, Rapists, Hundreds More

In one case that has drawn particular attention, he pardoned a murderer whose family raised big money to pay off Bevin's campaign debt.

Residents defend a property from a bushfire earlier this month in Taree, north of Sydney.

In Australia, Stubborn Fires Shroud Cities In Smoke, Char Terrain And Menace Koalas

The blazes in one state alone have consumed an area about eight times the size of Los Angeles, and other fires have erupted across Australia. Amid drought and dry months to come, it could get worse.

Protesters hold placards reading 'No Abe!' earlier this month during a demonstration against Japan's removal of South Korea from a list of trusted trading partners in Seoul.

U.S. Criticizes South Korea After Seoul Scraps Intelligence-Sharing Pact With Tokyo

Washington is unhappy with the decision to quit a 2016 intelligence-sharing agreement. The dispute has its origins in Japan's occupation of the Korean peninsula that ended after WWII.

Shown above are San Diego city attorney candidates Cory Briggs and Mara Elliott. Elliott is the incumbent.

Cory Briggs Brings Controversial Record To San Diego City Attorney’s Race

An attorney known for battling government now wants to be San Diego city attorney. He’s known for advocating for transparency and the environment, but his record also includes a record of forming and representing nonprofits that have frequently violated state and federal disclosure laws.

A Hindu devotee waves an Indian national flag and celebrates a verdict in a decades-old land title dispute between Muslims and Hindus, in Ayodhya, India, on Saturday.

Indian Supreme Court Rules Disputed Territory Belongs To Hindus

The territory, in northern India, was the site of a 16th century mosque, torn down in 1992 by Hindu extremists. Judges paved the way on Saturday for a Hindu temple to be built there.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared Thursday before a hearing of the House Education and Labor Committee in Washington, D.C.

House Democrats Grill Betsy DeVos Over Denying Student Borrower Relief

The education secretary testified before the House education committee about her handling of a loan relief program for student borrowers who say they were defrauded by for-profit colleges.

On Saturday, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, pictured above in September 2018, apologized to the city following an outcry over footage showing police officers pointing a gun and yelling at a family as part of an investigation into a claim that a doll was shoplifted from a Family Dollar store in Phoenix.

Phoenix Mayor Apologizes After Police Draw Gun On Family After Child Takes Doll

Viral footage of the incident captured by bystanders has already prompted an internal police probe, a $10 million civil rights claim and a chorus of fury on social media.

Steubenville High School football team in a huddle. At a pre-season party in small-town Steubenville, Ohio, the now-infamous sexual assault of a teenage girl by members of the beloved high school football team took place. "Roll Red Roll" is a true-crime thriller that goes behind the headlines to uncover the deep seated and social media-fueled "boys will be boys" culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America.

POV: Roll Red Roll

Airs Monday, June 17, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at an economic forum in Moscow on Nov. 20. "Thank God no one is accusing us anymore of interfering in the U.S. elections. Now they're accusing Ukraine," he said.

The View From Moscow On The Trump Impeachment Inquiry

"Thank God nobody is accusing us anymore of interfering in U.S. elections," Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an investment conference last week. "Now they're accusing Ukraine."

Massive Explosion Rips Through Texas Chemical Plant

The blast is the latest in a string of industrial incidents in east Texas. The explosion at the petrochemical plant injured three people and blew out windows and mangled doors of some nearby homes.

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