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Texas Icehouses — part town hall, part tavern, icehouses have been a South Texas tradition since the 1920s. Once a vital part of everyday local culture, a cornerstone of every neighborhood in San Antonio and Houston, they are a rapidly diminishing, endangered species. A journey into this Mexican, German, Tejano, Anglo tradition.

District Attorney Joyce Chiles in Mississippi is considering whether enough evidence exists to prosecute the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. FBI investigators reopened the Till case in 2004. Federal civil rights prosecutors are hamstrung by a statute of limitations, but there is no such obstacle in Mississippi.

Films the son of Shane star Alan Ladd produced or greenlit, including Star Wars, won more than 50 Oscars and 150 nominations.

At CBS and NBC, journalists are vexed over moves to hire senior aides to President Biden and former President Trump, even though such hires are part of a tradition stretching back at least 50 years.

South Africa scrambles to rescue 17 men lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine, exposing a web of exploitation, politics and international mercenary recruiting involving a former president's daughter.

Ellie Barber, who performs as Ollella, talks about memory, loss and ongoing love with her Tiny Desk Contest entry, "Tea Kettle Tea."

Everything fell apart for Shaun Tullar after his brother died in Afghanistan. He became homeless and eventually went to prison. A VA-run recovery program is helping him and others after their release.

Thousands of migrants are still flooding into Slovenia as they work their way north through the Balkans in the face of the oncoming winter.

Critic Maureen Corrigan says Tommy Orange's novel, which centers on a cast of native and mixed-race characters whose lives intersect at a powwow, features "a literary authority rare in a debut."

The former first lady to President George H.W. Bush, and mother of President George W. Bush, spoke unapologetically throughout her life, inspiring many and incensing others.