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Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson announced that all Volvo cars will be electric or hybrid within two years. Above, Samuelsson at Volvo Cars Showroom in Stockholm on Wednesday.

All New Volvo Models Will Be Electric Or Hybrid Starting In 2019

Volvo is the first traditional automaker to set a date to phase out cars powered only by internal combustion engines. Volvo's CEO called Tesla "a tough competitor" in the premium electric market.

Revisit the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson who used his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs only to have his visions of a Great Society swallowed up in the quagmire of Vietnam. Pictured in Oval Office, March 10, 1964.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: LBJ

Thursdays, June 5 and 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Revisit the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson who used his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs only to have his visions of a Great Society swallowed up in the quagmire of Vietnam.

One near-beer pioneer is Heineken, which launched alcohol-free Heineken 0.0 this summer in Europe and Israel.

Pioneers Of High-Quality Near Beer Are Banking On Non-Drinking Binges

Even if you're staying sober, sometimes you might just miss the taste of a really good beer. But the market for high-end booze-free brews has gone largely untapped. That's starting to change.

Aaron Bastian appraises an 1889 George Hitchcock oil diptych in Tucson, Ariz.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Tucson Hour 3

Monday, Aug. 4, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Journey to Tucson, Arizona to see fantastic finds including a 1994 Pete Seeger original song, an 1889 George Hitchcock oil diptych, and an 1861 Abraham Lincoln presidential pardon. Which treasure is top find of the episode?

Odgerel Gamsukh has a started a company to create a green community in the unplanned and polluted sprawl outside of Ulaanbaatar.

To Fight Pollution, He's Reinventing The Mongolian Tent

A new UNICEF report warns that Mongolia's pollution is a very real danger to children's health. One man has a plan to create a green community.

President Trump, seen in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, lashed out in a series of tweets at the FBI after the guilty plea of his former national security adviser in the Russia probe.

Week Ahead: Trump Aims To Dismiss Russia Probe As Partisan; Can He Get His Taxes Win?

After anti-Trump texts between FBI agents, expect conservative allies of the president to allege that special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigators have an anti-Trump agenda.

Doctors, nurses, patients and activists listen to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak about Senate Republicans' health care bill on Friday at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Schumer has vowed to help defeat the legislation, which the Congressional Budget Office scored on Monday.

GOP Senate Bill Would Cut Health Care Coverage By 22 Million

Congressional forecasters say a Senate Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would leave 22 million more people uninsured in the next decade.

Folk-pop veterans The Brothers Four reunite to sing their hits "Greenfields" and "Try to Remember."

MY MUSIC: This Land is Your Land

Watch Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Saturday, Dec. 6 at 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Take a musical journey through the evolution of modern American folk music, from its roots in bluegrass to San Francisco coffee houses to clubs in Greenwich Village. The Smothers Brothers and Judy Collins host.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the chamber after announcing the release of the Republicans' health care bill on Thursday.

CHART: Who Wins, Who Loses With Senate Health Care Bill

Senate Republicans are calling their health care bill the Better Care Reconciliation Act. It shares many provisions with the House's American Health Care Act, but goes further in cutting Medicaid.

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell eaves the chamber after announcing the release of the Republicans' health care bill on Thursday.

CHART: Who Wins, Who Loses With Senate Health Care Bill

Senate Republicans are calling their health care bill the Better Care Reconciliation Act. It shares many provisions with the House's American Health Care Act, but goes further in cutting Medicaid.

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