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Hampton Sides' new book follows Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassin, James Earl Ray, as he escapes from prison and plots King's murder to the moment he is finally apprehended by Scotland Yard.

Los Angeles is trying something new with its chronic homeless population: It is taking 50 of the most hard-core homeless and giving them housing with no strings attached. Why? It may be cheaper than leaving them on the streets, and it may even help them to stay off.

In Phoenix, as in other cities around the country, homeowners who invested in properties during the housing boom are now struggling to sell their homes. Many of them are abandoning their properties, marring the neighborhoods they leave behind.

Have you seen the value of your home drop in the last year or so? If your answer to that question is "yes", have you also asked to have your property taxes reduced to reflect the change in your home'

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For years, Los Angeles police have arrested drug dealers who prey on the homeless on Skid Row, only to see many of them right back on the streets because of overcrowded prisons. But a proposed new legal strategy aims to lock up Skid Row drug dealers for at least six months. The injunction, which still has to be approved by a judge, targets 80 well-known dealers -- and it's the first time the LAPD is going after dealers by name.

Airs Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Musical guests, the Blind Boys of Alabama, join us in studio for a performance chat about their Grammy award winning career. From the group's origins in the 1930s to their latest Christmas album, we s

A report on the quality of Britain's pre-war intelligence on Iraq has found "serious flaws" and no evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction ready for use. The inquiry also concluded that Prime Minister Tony Blair did not deliberately distort intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq. Susan Chislett reports.

Former Ohio Rep. Bob Ney is sentenced to serve two and a half years in prison for his part in a bribery scandal still roiling the ranks of members and lobbyists in a wide-ranging corruption probe. Over four years, Ney took bribes; vacationed on others' tab; and gambled with other people's money.