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Montana state Rep.-elect Zooey Zephyr is the first openly trans woman elected to the state legislature. She and other lawmakers across the country are now faced with trying to curb anti-LGBTQ bills.

World leaders are discussing how to get climate change under control, but new reports show the post-pandemic rebound and war in Ukraine are driving emissions even higher.

Scientists predict China will see the largest COVID surge of the pandemic this winter, with hundreds of millions of people infected. But some experts say that it could have been even worse.

A RAND Corporation survey found that Americans who served in the military support extremist views at rates lower than nonveterans.

It's part of the governor's plan to make sure nearly one-third of California's land and coastal waters are preserved by 2030.

All puns are intended! Calling all lovers of dad jokes: San Diego's ONLY pun competition (as seen on CBS8 Morning Extra) is back on Friday, November 4 at 10:00 p.m. on the Finest City Improv main stage! Watch, laugh, groan, or JOIN word nerds from across the city in a battle to see who's the punniest of them all—and win prizes! Pundemonium! is a three-part event based on the format used by pun contests in cities nationwide: - In Part 1, Battle of the PUNdits, participants who have signed up in advance will deliver two-minute pun-filled speeches, and the audience will determine the winner. - In Part 2, PUNslingers, punsters get two minutes to write down as many puns on a given topic as they can. May the best and most puns win. Sign up on the spot at Pundemonium! - Part 3, the PUNger Games, is a head-to-head pun-off tournament-style, where participants go back and forth making puns on a given topic until they just can't anymore. Think of it as a rap battle, but with puns. Sign up on the spot at Pundemonium! The event will be hosted by Sarah Flocken, two-time champion of Beltway Pundits in Washington, D.C., plus 2021 panel judge and 2022 competitor at the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships in Austin, TX.

Premieres Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV and KPBS.org / PBS App + Encore at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Live streaming will also be available on YouTube and on the program's website. America’s national night of remembrance takes us back to the real meaning of the holiday through personal stories and tributes interwoven with musical performances. Featuring an all-star line-up with the National Symphony Orchestra, the deeply moving and reverential night brings us together as one family of Americans to honor the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, military families and all those who have given their lives for our country.

A new report finds that truck manufacturers and an industry trade group privately lobbied to weaken U.S. climate policies while publicly promoting zero-emissions trucks.

TikTok says Montana does not have the authority to weigh in on national security issues and that the law deprives American TikTok users of their free speech rights.

This year's tournament has arguably the strongest cast of competitors in history, but three contestants stand out from the rest.