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A brush fire that erupted over fallow land Thursday morning in Maui caused thousands of people to be evacuated and temporarily disrupted the island's primary airport.

Evacuated Maui Residents Return Home After Wildfire Scorches 10,000 Acres

The evacuation in Maui, the second-largest Hawaiian island, filled up local shelters, but residents have now been told they can return home.

Kevin McAleenan (right), the Department of Homeland Security acting secretary, introduced four volunteers from DHS agencies who came to the El Paso area in recent weeks to help care for and process migrants. McAleenan was in El Paso on Thursday for briefings on current border conditions.

Tours Of Texas Migrant Detention Centers Reveal Decrease In Population

At El Paso's Border Patrol Station 1 and at the Clint Border Patrol station 20 miles southeast of El Paso, the number of migrants held has dropped sharply in recent weeks.

Nadia Murad (pictured), a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people. Away from the podium, she must navigate bureaucracy, fame and people's good intentions.

POV: On Her Shoulders

Airs Monday, July 22, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, July 25 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2

From left: Iran's Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, government spokesman Ali Rabiei and Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi give a joint press conference at the presidential headquarters in the capital Tehran on Sunday. Iran is enriching uranium beyond a 3.67% cap set by the nuclear deal.

What's The Deal With The Iran Deal Now?

A special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna this week let the U.S. and Iran spell out their starkly different views, and came amid continuing tensions.

A volunteer with the Chicago Herpetological Society known as Alligator Bob sets out in his canoe to find an alligator on the loose in a Chicago lagoon this week.

An Alligator Surfaces At A Chicago Lagoon And A City Snaps To Attention

The alligator was spotted in a city park on Tuesday but has so far managed to evade capture, despite the efforts of a local wrangler known as Alligator Bob.

Matthew Slick is silhouetted by the purple light as the Navajo Council Chamber is lit in rainbow colors for Pride on June 28 in Window Rock, Ariz., the capital of the Navajo Nation.

Navajo Nation's LGBTQ Pride Event Celebrates A Return To The Culture's History

Last month, photographer Cayla Nimmo documented the scenes of Diné Pride in Window Rock, Ariz. The festivities were in the shadow of the Navajo Nation's same-sex marriage ban.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer during an interview on his new plan to get more affordable housing built in the city, Jan. 29, 2019.

Audit Committee Delays Consideration For Mayor's Choice Of New Independent Auditor

The San Diego City Council's Audit Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to delay consideration of city staffer DeeDee Alari to be the city's next independent auditor.

Federal agents escort former Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration head Ángela Ávila-Marrero, who was arrested on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation that resulted in an indictment against six defendants.

FBI Arrests Former Top Puerto Rico Officials In Government Corruption Scandal

The charges come at a politically sensitive time for the island's government, which is projecting a polished image to Congress as island leadership expect billions of dollars in recovery aid.

New York contemporary art maverick Elizabeth Murray painting.

AMERICAN MASTERS: Everybody Knows...Elizabeth Murray

Airs Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2

IWW meeting reenactment. "Bisbee '17" follows several members of the close-knit community in Bisbee, Ariz., a former mining town, as they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bisbee Deportation, when 1,200 immigrant miners were violently taken from their homes by a deputized force, shipped to the desert on cattle cars and left to die.

POV: Bisbee '17

Airs Monday, July 15, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, July 18 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2

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