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Clots, Strokes And Rashes. Is COVID-19 A Disease Of The Blood Vessels?

COVID-19 can cause symptoms that go well beyond the lungs, from strokes to organ failure. To explain these widespread injuries, researchers are studying how the virus affects the vascular system.

Country legend Jerry Jeff Walker poses backstage at a country music festival in 2009. Walker, best known for his hit "Mr. Bojangles," died Friday after complications from throat cancer. He was 78.

Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote 'Mr. Bojangles,' Dies At 78

Walker was a pioneer in Austin's country music scene in the 1970s. His most famous song, "Mr. Bojangles," went on to inspire countless covers.

Vice President Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House complex on Friday.

'I Didn't Feel A Thing:' Pence Gets COVID-19 Vaccine In Public Event

The vice president, who chairs the White House coronavirus task force, is the most high-profile U.S. official so far to receive the vaccine.

Signs reading "Help Still Wanted" were positioned on the lawn outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5. The House Budget Committee meets Monday afternoon, setting up a vote on the coronavirus relief package by the end of the week.

Here's What's In House Democrats' $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan

The legislation is set for a vote on the House floor at the end of the week. The Senate is then expected to modify it to ensure it can pass procedural hurdles.

Fisher Industries workers move sections of border wall last year near the point where New Mexico, Texas and Mexico come together.

His Private Border Wall Enraged Neighbors. Then He Got $2B To Build Walls For Trump

The privately built border wall in Texas teeters on the banks of the Rio Grande with serious erosion problems. The contractor was awarded more than $2 billion in official wall contracts.

President Trump takes questions during a Labor Day press conference.

Amid Campaign Jabs Over Vaccine, Senate Holds Hearing On Treatment Development

The president has in recent weeks escalated campaign promises to deliver a vaccine by the end of the year, suggesting that a treatment against the coronavirus could be ready by the November election.

A ballot drop box in Detroit where voters can drop off absentee ballots instead of using the mail.

Far-Right Activists Charged Over Robocalls That Allegedly Targeted Minority Voters

The robocalls came from a nonexistent group and falsely warned recipients that voting by mail would result in being "finessed into giving your private information to the man."

The European Parliament will allow vegetarian meat alternatives, like the Impossible Burger, to retain meat-like names.

Veggie Burgers Can Be Called Burgers, European Parliament Says

Despite pushback from Europe's largest farmer's association, the Parliament will allow vegetarian meat alternatives to use meat-like terms, including burger and steak.

This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. The photo is displayed here in its original orientation, though it is more commonly viewed with the lunar surface at the bottom of the photo. Earth is about five degrees left of the horizon in the photo. The unnamed surface features on the left are near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar horizon is approximately 780 kilometers from the spacecraft.

POV Shorts: Earthrise

Airs Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

A panel of judges Thursday found that Harvard, pictured here in July, doesn't discriminate against Asian American students in the admissions process.

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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