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Alexander Gauland, 76, and Alice Weidel, 38, are the leaders of the populist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party. They will both take seats in the country's Parliament later this month.

The 'Very Different' Leaders Of Germany's Far-Right AfD Party

The populist, anti-immigrant party is led by a lesbian former investment banker who's worked in China and a 76-year-old politician who abandoned Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union.

Thirty years ago, when the grass grew tall, cashmere goats made up 19 percent of all livestock in Mongolia. Since then, their numbers have skyrocketed to make up 60 percent today.

How Your Cashmere Sweater Is Decimating Mongolia's Grasslands

Mongolian goats produce the world's highest quality cashmere wool, and international demand has soared. There's a problem, though. These goats are turning the country into an ecological wasteland.

Bangladesh is facing drought, cyclones and floods. This expanse of water, photographed in September 2014, was a field the month before. It's in the Kalashuna village in Gaibandha district.

They Need Millions — Make That Billions — To Cope With Climate Change

Developing countries are often located in the parts of the world that are most vulnerable. Here's what's on their wish list at the Paris conference.

Calhoun College part of Yale University built in 1933, in collegiate gothic style architecture. The residential college is to be renamed in honor of 1930s alumnus and computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper.

Yale Renames Calhoun College Over Namesake's Ties To Slavery And White Supremacy

After much debate, Yale University announced Saturday that it's changing the name of a residential college that honors a 19th century alumnus who ardently supported slavery.

Antonio, Jarad and Juan hanging in the dayroom at the Compound, L.A.

INDEPENDENT LENS: They Call Us Monsters

Airs Monday, May 22, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Brendan Dassey, 16, is escorted out of a Manitowoc County Circuit courtroom in 2006, in Manitowoc, Wis.

Judge Overturns Conviction Of 'Making A Murderer' Subject Brendan Dassey

A federal judge in Wisconsin has overturned Dassey's homicide conviction. The story rose to national prominence when it was chronicled on the Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer."

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange raises his fist before addressing reporters from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Friday. In his speech, Assange said there are still plenty of legal battles still to wage: "The proper war is just commencing."

Sweden Drops Rape Investigation Of Julian Assange — But He's Not In The Clear

The WikiLeaks founder has been at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to avoid extradition. Swedish prosecutors halted the probe, but London police quickly said they'd still enforce their arrest warrant.

Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a midnight rally at North Carolina State University hours before the polls opened on Election Day. A glut of late-deciding Trump voters may have contributed to her loss.

Pollsters Find 'At Best Mixed Evidence' Comey Letter Swayed Election

Polling experts have conducted an autopsy on exactly why so many polls were off in the run-up to the 2016 election. They found that state polls were far off, in part because of late-deciding voters.

Alex Tardy, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, talks about San Diego's warm summer outlook, from his office in Rancho Bernardo, June 2, 2016.

San Diego Heat Wave Kicks Off Projected Sizzling Summer

The heat wave will move out by Monday, but looking ahead, forecasters are projecting a warm and dry summer of above average temperatures and periodic heat waves.

White supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Va., to protest the pending removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee in the city's Emancipation Park.

'We're Not Them' — Condemning Charlottesville And Condoning White Resentment

A scholar and a journalist offer context and analysis on the events in Charlottesville and the politics of white anger.

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