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New immigrants are projected to be the main driver of the U.S. workforce over the next 20 years. That trend is already playing out in Maine, which has an aging white population with a low birth rate.

From ugly fish like sea robin to the discarded parts of livestock, like ox cheeks and chicken feet, a new book celebrates repugnant-looking but flavorful foods, and urges us to eat more of them.

Airs Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

A Marine Corps report found a pattern of abuse at the South Carolina training facility, and linked it to the suicide of one recruit. The recruit's family says they don't believe his death was suicide.

A new study suggests that diet had a big influence in driving the evolution of brain size in primates. Monkeys who thrive on fruit have bigger brains than their plant eating neighbors.

A federal judge has issued a stay giving some detainees at airports a temporary reprieve. But chaos has roiled U.S. airports, and family members and foreign leaders are trying to respond to the order.

"To walk for three or four hours without checkpoints, without seeing soldiers ... it makes you feel, somehow, you can feel some free," says a hiker. There are scores of Palestinian hiking clubs.

As thousands of federal workers miss a paycheck this week, KPBS talked with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent's wife about how the shutdown is impacting her family.

One week before the May 21 special election, candidates for California's 80th Assembly District race to connect with voters.

Environmental groups have asked the U.S. to give the prized fish protection under the Endangered Species Act. Some scientists and activists say the chances are slim but the action is long overdue.