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Alabama plans to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas. NPR obtained a Department of Corrections document showing the method may pose risks to others in the room and impede religious liberties.

Renae was so desperate to keep her child alive when so many others have died from overdose that she resorted to extreme measures — and extreme risks. She now supervises drug use in her own home.

Sunday, Dec.31, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Enjoy Cuban funk Cimafunk and The Tribe in a must-see hour. The nine-piece powerhouse band makes a thrilling ACL debut with standouts from their soulful album "El Alimento."

Supreme court justices in Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming will hear arguments in cases that will impact abortion access across the Mountain West. Here's what to know.

A trained gynecologist, Gao became well-known across China for her relentless activism in exposing a man-made AIDS crisis and for her educational work to remove the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.

The deal paves the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and has spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity.

A new California law will allow low-income teens on Medicaid to get therapy without parental approval. That's already allowed for teens on private insurance. But the change aroused opposition.

The Doris A. Howell Foundation is hosting a half-day Summer Symposium with prominent local physicians presenting the latest research findings impacting women’s health. The speakers and women’s health topics include: • Maternal Health – Maryam Tarsa, MD, MAS is a clinical professor in maternal fetal medicine at University of California San Diego. She has participated in the California Maternal Quality Care Coalition in multiple statewide projects including collaborative efforts to decrease cesarean section rate, decrease maternal cardiac morbidity and mortality through prenatal screening algorithms, and prevention of preeclampsia. • Anxiety/Depression – Fadi Joseph Nicolas, MD is chief medical officer for Sharp Behavioral Health. He treats psychiatric and addiction medicine disorders. Dr. Nicolas is Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Preventive Medicine – Addiction Medicine. • Cardiovascular Health – Robert M Stein, MD FAHA, is the medical director of Cardiac Rehab at Palomar Health. He is currently the longest-serving member of the medical staff at Palomar Medical Center. For more information visit: howellfoundation.org

Some seniors have been homeless for years and are now growing older. But the increasing numbers also reflect another trend: people experiencing homelessness for the first time after age 50.

As four candidates hotly debated issues ranging from foreign policy to gender identity to immigration, it's clear Nikki Haley is seen as a threat and Trump still looms large even when he's not there.