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Stanley Nelson, the editor of a small-town weekly newspaper in Louisiana, exposed secrets about unsolved murders by the Ku Klux Klan. Nelson died this week at the age of 69.

Groundbreaking music executive Dave Shapiro has died in a San Diego plane crash. He was 42.

The Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving behind a storied legacy as one of pop music's greatest songwriters and producers. Here are NPR's best interviews, concerts and appreciations of the late artist.

In 1975, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape explored pernicious cultural and legal attitudes about rape and helped debunk the long-held view that victims were partly to blame.

To celebrate, go see the Mexican slasher film "Grave Robbers" screening Sunday at Digital Gym Cinema.

Silverman's father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: "Janice and Donald, who loved to laugh." The loss was a starting point for Silverman's "cathartic" Netflix comedy special.

Wendt got his start in Chicago's The Second City improv comedy troupe. He went on to earn six Primetime Emmy nominations for his role as a lovable barfly on Cheers.

After surviving the Bataan Death March, Army Maj. James O'Donovan died in a prisoner of war camp. His remains went unidentified until this year.

The documentary recently premiered at Tribeca and chronicles the creation of "Is It Thursday Yet?" at the La Jolla Playhouse, as well as Freeman's discovery at age 33 that she is autistic.

The arrests, which began in San Diego in late May, are happening across the country. Lawyers say it’s an unprecedented effort by ICE to deport immigrants through a fast-track deportation process known as “expedited removal.”