The Comic-Con Museum's new "Collaboration(s)" exhibit explores how race, representation and horror intersect, and uplift people of color in the popular arts.
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AI can conjure the voice or likeness of a dead celebrity with just a few clicks. This opens a host of legal questions about the rights of the deceased and their heirs to control their digital replicas
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System of a Down singer Serj Tankian covers fleeing the Lebanese Civil War as a child, advocating for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and why his band hasn't made a new album since 2005.
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KPBS Midday EditionForaging — the practice of gathering plants, fruit and fungi — is gaining more widespread interest. But it's an age-old practice.
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"Stripper Energy: Fighting Back from the Fringes" is coming May 22 on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.
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After a pair of resignations rocked the pageant world, organizers have found a replacement for Miss USA but not Miss Teen USA. Last year's runner-up said this week that she turned down the crown.
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Part of the Point Loma Garden Club, the "Petal Pushers" meet every week to refashion bouquets out of flowers formerly destined to be thrown away.
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The paintings will be on display at the Mingei International Museum on Monday night.
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The puzzle of a girl's death propels Alina Grabowski's debut novel but, really, it's less about the mystery and more about how our actions impact each other, especially when we think we lack agency.
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Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling was a paratrooper during WWII. After the war, he wrote a short story inspired by the experience. It's now being published for the first time in The Strand.
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A heist with a social conscience, a father using magic for questionable work, an urban legend turned sleepover dare: These new releases explore protagonists embracing the magic within themselves.
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