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Beards are part of religious identity for Amish men. The victims of the recent attacks in Ohio are opponents of Sam Mullet, leader of a reclusive group experts...

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The reaction to embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigning Friday was swift and mixed among San Diego County military veterans and...

The seals can linger a little longer at Children's Pool beach in La Jolla. A judge held a hearing Tuesday without issuing a ruling in the case pitting seals...

The Clinton campaign says Hillary and Bill Clinton paid their 2015 federal taxes at a rate of 34.2 percent. The couple's overall tax rate was 43.2 percent, the...

State Senators will reconvene Thursday to try again to hash out a budget deal. Senate Republicans issued a list on Wednesday of more places they'd like to cut...

Jul 18, 2025 - Should you build an online community on a social media platform by creating a Facebook or Linkedin groups, or should you build on a community platform?

The Supreme Court rules in favor of Oregon's physician-assisted-suicide law in a 6-to-3 decision. The justices find the state has the right to allow doctors to...

European sanctions on Russia have caused massive traffic back-ups along the Latvian border. The war has also put the region's inhabitants in the middle of two...

For more on the new Hispanic census numbers, Robert Siegel talks with Jeffrey Passel, senior research associate at the Pew Hispanic Center. The latest numbers...

Parents, coaches, and doctors discuss the symptoms of concussion and safety rules for preventing head injuries in young athletes.

Teams from Canada, Mexico and the United States will face off later this week in the final round of the eighth National Geographic World Championship.

The San Diego Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into a social media posting in which an officer urged his colleagues to refuse any...

CalFresh food assistance will be expanded in June to 95,000 people in San Diego County who are on Supplemental Security Income, but thousands of others who...

Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now. In the first two years of the pandemic, the WHO estimates that nearly 15 million people died...

Two people who left Pinterest over their treatment there say the company's culture does not support Black employees.

By suspending New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez for 211 regular-season games -- through the end of the 2014 regular season -- Major League Baseball...

The festival takes place Sept. 2-3 at the Lyceum Theatre in Horton Plaza. It features four play readings, including "El Cipitio: A Salvadorian Odyssey" by...

It is still rare for a person struggling with alcohol abuse to be prescribed naltrexone or acamprosate, two medications that have been proven to help. Efforts...

The Peace Corps has decided to ax its China program. Critics of the decision call the program one of the diplomatic success stories in the history of...

This year will be the fourth straight that admissions to UC San Diego Health hospitals due to falls from the border wall will set a new record. The streak...

Two U.S. agencies say loggerhead sea turtles need greater protection.

Voice of San Diego's investigative series on the USDA's Wildlife Services discovered the agency kills thousands of animals each year to protect endangered...

Legislation that sought to slow the controversial expansion of Interstate-5 in San Diego has been taken down a notch. But the people behind it say it still has...

A young Mississippi woman is thriving two years after getting treated for sickle cell disease with the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR.

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Until a decade ago, HIV-infection rates were dropping in the United States. Experts discuss why that trend has reversed and what can be done.

Mar 15, 2025 - The Technically Brilliant Show profiles filmmakers, artists, and execs using virtual reality, augmented reality, and other technologies to tell Black stories.

Two new books consider the complicated world of bees: Laline Paull's debut novel The Bees imagines humble worker bee's hive adventures, and A Sting in the Tale...

Most health policy meetings are a dull gray snooze of business suits talking data. They seem a million miles removed from making sick people healthy. But this...

Some workers say wages and living conditions have improved. Farms have also committed to providing five annual paid sick days, five paid vacation days and to...

It's been a busy week for city politics, and KPBS Metro Reporter Katie Orr is here to give us an update on the latest news coming out of City Hall. What are...

PIM Media is the creative engine of Rankings.io, home to Personal Injury Mastermind, LawHer, PIMCon,...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and diarist died Friday at age 99. Although he won the Pulitzer for an orchestral work, he was most celebrated for his huge...

Nothing is simple in Mideast relations. Not even hummus. Lebanon, Israel and Palestinians are entangled over who owns the dish. Not even the title of world's...

Hundreds of Native Americans and their supporters have gathered in North Dakota to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The militants, who are waging a deadly war in Nigeria, had attacked a Cameroonian military camp in Kolofata, a government official. Nigeria's neighbors are...

Academy Awards focus on diversity

Five elected officials who favored plans by security firm Blackwater USA to build a training camp in San Diego's back country are headed for a recall. The...

Meet the unsung heroes of the movement and relive the fiery, dramatic and unrelenting campaign that led to passage of the 19th Amendment, granting American...

In an effort to reduce overcrowding and "needless suffering and death," the Supreme Court ordered California to release thousands of prisoners. We discuss the...

Web-based car-sharing companies must now meet certain standards under new rules approved Thursday by California regulators.

Pixar's new 3-D animated film Up opens this weekend. We'll hear from the director and producer, and talk with KPBS film critic Beth Accomando about how Up...

About 5,000 demonstrators have converged on the French capital to protest high fuel prices and express dismay with President Emmanuel Macron.

President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing strict new restrictions on travelers from a handful of countries, including five that were covered by...

Ex-WSJ editor Dave Kansas moves back to the Minnesota area

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Camp Pendleton is participating in the national campaign.

Mar 10, 2025 - Portal Wirtualne Media został nagrodzony przez środowisko polskich ekspertów public relations prestiżową nagrodą Lwy PR. Organizatorem konkursu jest...

NPR's John Burnett spent a day with Border Patrol agents in the San Diego sector. Only 14 miles of that 60-mile sector is currently unfenced. More fencing...

The vice president was set to meet Feb. 10 with North Korean representatives, including leader Kim Jong Un's sister, the State Department said. However, "at...

Sami Abdelshafi, co-founder and senior partner of Emerge Consulting Group, is cautiously optimistic about the new Gaza border-crossing agreement between the...

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Chief executives John Bridgeland (More Perfect), left, Patricia Harrison (CPB) and Rosie Rios (U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission) at the CPB Public Media...

A low-cost, state-backed program aimed at getting commercial property owners to invest in energy-saving projects was begun today in San Diego County.

The program "VA for Vets" helps those who've served reintegrate back into civilian life, and helps them find jobs within the Veterans Administration.

A federal judge declined to assign himself to a case as sought by Jerome Corsi as part of a lawsuit against Robert Mueller. Corsi has said he rejected a guilty...

Chinese officials accuse Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, of "stealing and spying on sensitive Chinese information and intelligence."

San Diego Mayor-Elect Bob Filner has been very clear about creating a city department dedicated to "open government." Its aim is to help citizens have access...

Goodwin Liu would have been the only Asian-American judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has a jurisdiction that covers 40 percent of the...

A magnitude-4.4 earthquake has struck a rural area in central California.

Good ideas often start with a simple question. Nebraskans answer with innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. We tell their stories in our award-winning...

Actor Don Cheadle, who starred in a movie about the Rwanda genocide of 1994, is urging citizens to speak out to help end suffering in Darfur. He is the...

A vote Monday by the San Diego City Council could allow Horton Plaza to be transformed into a hub for tech jobs.

Nov 24, 2025 - Oitancan “Oi” Zephier, manager of KILI in Porcupine, S.D., has been selling the station's record collection for cash.

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Glen Casada announced that he will resign his state House speakership after inappropriate and offensive texts leaked weeks ago. He has served in the...

The Pentagon is working on a prison transfer for convicted WikiLeaks source Pvt. Chelsea Manning, who has said she wants to live as a woman.

A measure to reform how San Diego's regional planning agency is governed and would give tax powers to North County Transit District and the Metropolitan...

It all began when a member of the Balochistan assembly brought her 8-month-old son to a session.

The lawsuit alleges that Rudy Giuliani and an associate's actions are unlawful under California law, and it says Giuliani and the associate have refused to...

As the East Coast struggles in the wake of superstorm Sandy, Tell Me More focuses on the psychological damage that natural disasters can cause. Host Michel...

A 17-year-old Carmel Valley student was in custody Tuesday for allegedly making social media threats referencing a school shooting.

As Hassan Rouhani approaches the first anniversary of his election, the wave of expectations that marked his rise to power has given way to impatience from his...

Parents have been told they should read to their children early, but most don't think that means the day you bring Junior home from the hospital. Pediatricians...

Poor ballot design can confuse voters and slow down election results. What makes a well-designed ballot and why are they so hard to come by?

Alynda Segarra examines our frailty and resilience with an unsparing, yet tender cadence. This week on 8 Tracks, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich looks at...

Army National Guardsman Sgt. Eddison Hermond vanished trying to rescue a woman on Sunday. Rescuers pulled his body from the Patapsco River Tuesday.

The changing role of police work in Nebraska’s small towns and rural areas.

An 84-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the strangling death of his 88-year-old wife. Albert L. Pollock was wheeled into Superior Court...

Homeless female veterans are a growing population in San Diego, one of the largest military cities in the country.

Major retailers in England issued 7.6 billion single-use plastic bags before a fee was instituted in 2015. In the most recent 12-month period, they cut that to...

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The major remaining presidential candidates are courting voters in Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday's primary vote, despite bad winter weather. With Hawaii likely to...

The California Budget Project reports nearly one million Californians have been out of work now for more than half a year. The number of Californians who have...

The bill was shot down days after President Obama urged Congress to help ease the burden of student loan debt. It would have required a higher tax on the...

Saturday, Dec.18, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Enjoy the romantic crooner's biggest hits and best-loved...

In a move praised by advocates for government transparency, the Metropolitan Transit System has agreed to start routinely posting audio of its board meetings...

The Senate has easily confirmed Christopher Wray to be the next FBI director, placing him atop the law enforcement agency after the ouster of former Director...

The lawsuit also claims Whole Foods financially exploited its customers by charging significantly more for its meat products compared to competitors, under the...

All eyes are now on Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war.

The furious effort to cleanse Gulf Coast marshes of oil leaking from the BP well blowout has some crews using techniques that might do permanent damage to the...

Rebels fighting the regime of Moammar Gadhafi claim to have taken control of Zawiya, a key coastal city near Tripoli. If true, that could mean Gadhafi's main...

The U.S. Department of Energy is funding three new bio-energy research centers. The goal is to come up with economical ways to use plant-based fuels as an...

A Northern California water agency heard hours of public comment Wednesday on whether to give its full support to the governor's plan to build two...

Winter rains fed an explosion of grass throughout San Diego County, which could fuel fires this year. Officials urge residents to clear fire hazards from...

Sanders has built his political career on decrying a rigged economy. NPR found audio dating back to 1976 that is nearly indistinguishable from 2015 when it...