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British children's author Roald Dahl, as pictured in 1971. Thirty years after his death, Dahl's family has apologized for the author's anti-Semitism.

Roald Dahl Family Apologizes For Children's Author's Anti-Semitism

The apology, which appeared as a note on the official Roald Dahl website, comes 30 years after the author's death.

"I think it is an indisputable statement of fact," says Justice Samuel Alito. "We have never before seen restrictions as severe, extensive and prolonged as those experienced for most of 2020." Alito is seen here during a congressional hearing last year.

Justice Alito: Pandemic Has Brought 'Unimaginable Restrictions' On Freedoms

"It pains me to say this, but in certain quarters, religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right," the Supreme Court justice told the Federalist Society's annual National Lawyers Convention.

Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, who read a politically charged manifesto at a rally last week, outside Thammasat University on Tuesday.

In Thailand, a 21-Year-Old Student Dares To Tackle A Taboo Subject

Last week, Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul took the stage at a rally to read a manifesto calling for reform of Thailand's politically powerful monarchy — a move that could land her in jail.

Mohammad Rasoulof's "There Is No Evil" looks critically at Iran's state-sanctioned death penalty. The film streams through Digital Gym Cinema.

'There Is No Evil' Tops List Of New Releases

'Profile,' 'Spiral' and a pair of missable films also open

Three of the student authors of <em>Who Is Florence Price? </em>(left to right: Sebastián Núñez, Hazel Peebles and Sophia Shao), joined by their English teacher, Shannon Potts.

These NYC kids have written the history of an overlooked Black female composer

A group of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students realized there was no children's book about the composer Florence Price. So they wrote, illustrated and published their own.

Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach after an oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the Southern California coast more than 12 hours before a company reported a major leak in its pipeline and a cleanup effort was launched, records show.

Oil pipeline planned even as California moves away from gas

A proposed oil pipeline in California that could allow ExxonMobil to resume production at three offshore platforms is expected to enter a critical phase of its government review next year.

A slice of cake from the 2011 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be sold by Julien's Auctions in June. Pieces of four other royal wedding cakes also will be auctioned off.

Slice Of History: Pieces Of British Royal Wedding Cakes Up For Auction

A California-based auction house is selling the old confections on June 23. One piece, from the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, is expected to fetch up to $1,200.

The Robinhood investment app appears on a smartphone in this photo illustration. Day trading has surged during the coronavirus pandemic as stay-at-home people try buying and selling stocks, often for the first time.

He Thought Day Trading Would Be A Thrill. He Ended Up Losing $127,000

With millions stuck at home, more and more people are trying day trading. Most will end up losing money, studies show, while troubling cases of addiction are also on the rise.

Barbados has removed the Queen of England as head of state and is now a republic

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kareem Smith, a journalist with 'Barbados Today,' about the country removing the Queen of England as its head of state and what that means for Barbadians moving forward.

Lucy Worsley with three suitors from Jane Austen’s "Sense and Sensibility," published in 1811.

A VERY BRITISH ROMANCE WITH LUCY WORSLEY

Stream now or tune in Sundays, June 20 & 27, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

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