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The California Secretary of State’s office would become non-partisan under a state lawmaker’s proposed constitutional amendment.

The armed men say they are in the Missouri town to protect the people and the Constitution. But officials and demonstrators marking the death of Michael Brown say they're not welcome.

In 1961 the American League schedule was lengthened by eight games to 162, and it was about this time that summer that the commissioner -- of whom it was once written, "An empty cab drove up to the curb and Ford Frick got out" -- declared that even if some player broke Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs, it would not count if he needed more games than Ruth had had.

A local drug discovery company is hosting a memory competition this weekend, in part to further research on individuals with superior recall skills.

Oscar Hijuelos' posthumously published novel puts fictional flesh on the real-life friendship between Mark Twain and the explorer Henry Morton Stanley. Critic Jason Sheehan calls it a "great tale."

Airs Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 at 8 p.m. & Sunday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. on KPBS TV

Coptic Christians will celebrate Christmas on Monday, and many will do so outside their native Egypt. Since the revolution there, their future in the country has looked uncertain, and many are resettling in the United States.

On Thursday, the Vatican releases Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment and poverty. He has said he believes global warming is a moral, and man-made, issue — angering climate change skeptics.

Authorities say that the oldest of the girls, who turned up 24 hours after they were reportedly kidnapped, provided crucial information that led to the couple's arrest.

A Harvard researcher says teens feel their parents prioritize success and feeling good over kindness--and so they do too.