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Carl Abramson, Kim Sarubbi and their three children.

Creating Your Baby's Last Name? Tennessee Says No

A Tennessee family invented a new surname for their kids, completely different from their own, and discovered that their state's law bars them from doing that.

Detectives Tukufu Zuberi and Kaiama Glover on location in Austin, Texas. Can they solve the case of the Servant Girl Murders?

HISTORY DETECTIVES SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS: Texas Servant Girl Murders

Airs Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

A new report lists more than 800 complaints made against U.S. Border Patrol agents; most include physical abuse. Here, an agent patrols the U.S.-Mexico border fence at in San Diego, Calif., last year.

Report Details Hundreds Of Complaints Against U.S. Border Agents

The complaints accuse agents of kicking a pregnant woman, stomping on a man, and physically forcing a minor to sign a document. A small fraction resulted in disciplinary action.

The ill-fated SS Sultana in Helena, Arkansas on April 26, 1865, just hours before it exploded, killing 1,800 people. Can the History Detectives find out what caused the disaster?

HISTORY DETECTIVES SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS: Civil War Sabotage?

Airs Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

When The Ku Klux Klan Was Mainstream

In 1920s America the insidious Invisible Empire was not only visible, it participated in otherwise polite society.

Der ligger en lille Ã¸ midt i den gamle havn i Kangeq.

Selvmord i Grønland: Det er ikke mørket, som dræber dig

Grønland har verdens højeste selvmordsrate. Og teenagedrenge er i højeste risikogruppe.

Muslim women on the United Women's East Africa Support Team tour the aquatics center at the Copley-Price Family YMCA Jan. 19, 2015.

Glass Pool Enclosure At New Mid-City YMCA Poses Problem For Muslim Swimmers

Mid-City's new YMCA boasts an impressive glass-enclosed swimming pool. The problem for this largely-immigrant community? It doesn't offer much privacy for Muslim women who want to swim and keep modest.

Carlos Romero and girlfriend Kate Rowe sit down for a meal they cooked together. Two years ago, Carlos Romero weighed in at 437 pounds.

For The Formerly Obese, Stigma Remains After Weight Is Lost

People who have lost significant weight are uneasy about revealing that in online dating profiles, because obesity is often judged as a moral failing. Research shows they have good reason to worry.

An inmate walks through the yard at the North Central Correctional Institution in Marion, Ohio, which recently switched to private management.

Private Prisons House More Latinos Than Do Public Ones, Study Finds

An analysis of federal data by a University of Oregon sociologist echoes earlier research suggesting that white inmates are underrepresented at private prisons relative to public facilities.

Meet David Brat, The Giant-Killer Who Knocked Off Eric Cantor

The man who rocked the political world is a 52-year-old "free-market, Milton Friedman economist." While Virginia GOP Rep. Eric Cantor tried to paint Brat as a liberal, in reality he's anything but.

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