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An American flag mural fills an entire exterior wall of bar formerly known as El Uno in City Heights near University Avenue, Nov. 10, 2016.

Driving Economic Development In City Heights One Paint Job At A Time

A neighborhood nonprofit and community association is encouraging business owners to spruce up their facades to draw more attention to the area.

Norwegian skiers compete in the 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The Whistler Blackcomb resort is being acquired by Vail Resorts of the U.S.

Vail Resorts To Buy Canada's Whistler Blackcomb For $1.06 Billion

They are among North America's largest ski industry companies. Ski venues have been looking for ways to share revenue and spread vulnerability to declining snowfall and season pass sales.

Italian Band Soviet Soviet Denied Entry To The U.S., Jailed And Then Deported

The Italian post-punk group, which had tried to enter the U.S. to play at member station KEXP and then at SXSW, says it was sent back to Italy by authorities after spending the night in jail.

A Syrian woman and her child sit in their refugee living space in Lebanon. They are featured in Four Walls, <a href="https://www.rescue.org/four-walls#four-walls-vr">a virtual reality presentation</a> by the International Rescue Committee.

Can Virtual Reality Make You More Empathetic?

Charities are using virtual reality to immerse people in the plight of refugees and others who need help. Researchers are studying whether it's more effective than other media. And there are skeptics.

'Charlie Hebdo's' Next Issue Will Feature Prophet Muhammad Cartoons

The gunmen who attacked the French magazine last week said they had "avenged" the prophet as they left the scene. The magazine frequently targeted religion – including Islam and its prophet.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' set ranges across their 30-year career, from their first album to their latest, "Push the Sky Away."

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Airs Friday, November 7, 2014 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Are You Sick, And Sick Of Hearing 'Everything Happens For A Reason?'

Afraid of saying the wrong thing to someone with a serious illness? Now there are "empathy cards" that make fun of those well-meaning but tasteless remarks.

The Indecisive Chicken combines the recipes and life stories of eight women from communities across India who now live in Dharavi, a teeming Mumbai slum. Sarita Rai, from a village in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, contributed a recipe for pharas, "semi-circular pockets of rice dough" filled with chickpea flour, served steamed or deep-fried.

Cookbook Explores Recipes From India's Most Famous Slum

The Indecisive Chicken combines the recipes and life stories of eight women from communities across India who now make their home in Dharavi, a teeming slum featured in Slumdog Millionaire.

The 'Turkey' apricot, a hand-colored engraving after a drawing by Augusta Innes Withers (1792-1869), from the first volume of John Lindley's <em>Pomological Magazine</em> (1827-1828). The Romans dubbed the apricot the "precious one." Poets praised its beauty. The conquering Arabs took it to the Mideast, where the luxurious fruit was exploited in sugary confections.

'Moon Of The Faith:' A History Of The Apricot And Its Many Pleasures

The Romans dubbed it the "precious one." Poets praised its beauty. The conquering Arabs took it to the Mideast, where the luxurious fruit was exploited in sugary confections.

Paleoartist Peter Schouten's reconstruction of Microleo attenboroughi prowling along the branches of rain forest trees in search of prey.

Extinct 'Micro Lion' Is Named For Sir David Attenborough

Microleo attenboroughi was a tiny, marsupial lion that lived some 18 million years ago. Paleontologists in Australia said they named it after the famed naturalist "for his dedication and enthusiasm."

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