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Comic-Con attendees dressed as Power Rangers. San Diego Convention Center. San Diego, Calif. July 22, 2023.

We asked, you answered: KPBS readers’ Comic-Con hacks

San Diego Comic-Con International can be difficult to navigate, but these tips and tricks might help you make the most of it.

Border Patrol agents talk with migrants seeking asylum as they prepare them for transportation to be processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections.

Migrants are rattled and unsure as deportations begin under new rule halting asylum

A sense of uncertainty prevails among migrants after President Joe Biden invoked powers to suspend asylum for people who cross the border illegally.

Rep.-elect Tom Barrett of Michigan will occupy the Capitol office space that his great-grandfather used almost a century ago.

A new congressman nabs his great-grandfather's old office after a little lobbying

After he's sworn in, Rep.-elect Tom Barrett of Michigan will work in the Capitol office his great-grandfather once used. Rep. Louis Rabaut died in 1961, two decades before Barrett was born.

Real Kink with Real People

What is kink? Ways to enrich your play.

A health worker fumigates the basement of a building in Havana as Cuban health authorities launch small-scale efforts to fight the spread of the oropouche virus, which is transmitted by midge and mosquito bites.

It's a virus you may not have heard of. Here's why scientists are worried about it

Case counts for Oropouche virus are still low but rising dramatically. What's going on? And then there's a study that raises the possibility that insect bites aren't the only way the virus can spread.

FILE - A U.S. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft takes off after a rehearsal by special operations forces from Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon as part of Eager Lion, a multinational military exercise in Zarqa, Jordan, on June 17, 2013.

As Congress investigates the Osprey, families balance grief with pilots' love for the warplane

The V-22 Osprey that crashed off the coast of Japan last year brought the aircraft's safety record back under scrutiny.

Electric innovations past and present: The Hyundai Ioniq 6 that NPR took on a road trip stopped at the Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park in Edison, N.J., on June 11. It’s the site of the world’s second-largest light bulb (that would be the one on top of the tower, at left) in honor of Thomas Edison.

A road trip in an electric vehicle doesn't have to be nerve-wracking anymore

Many people get range anxiety thinking about taking a long car trip in an EV. But a lot of money has gone into improving roadside chargers. We tried them out for ourselves during a 1,000-mile drive.

Jerrian Reedy, left, a student at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, assists Dorothy Gray, a student at Northside High School in the Mississippi Delta, as she practices intubation in a simulation lab. Gray, who is interested in pursuing a career in the mental health care field, attended the University of Mississippi School of Medicine’s annual African American Visit Day in April.

Med schools face a new obstacle in the push to train more Black doctors

Schools like the University of Mississippi School of Medicine are trying to recruit more Black students. But they face a swell of Republican opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

President Biden hugs Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at the NAACP Detroit branch Fight for Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit on May 19, 2024.

These governors aren't running for president, but some voters say they wish they were

Trump won Georgia and Michigan in 2016. Biden did the same in 2020. In 2024, some disillusioned voters say they wish Govs. Whitmer of Michigan and Kemp of Georgia were on the ballot instead.

San Diego weekend arts events: Zines, internet radio, 'Tijuacolor' and a summer market

This weekend in the arts: Zines and music at the downtown library; Hugo Crosthwaite and more art at Bread and Salt; lowrider art at Mixed Grounds; a Sherlock Holmes-inspired play; "Blanket Sounds" at the Waterfront and more live music picks.

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