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President Trump shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday.

Trump Meets With Japanese Prime Minister Ahead Of North Korea Summit

President Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House Thursday. It was chance for Abe to urge Trump to keep insisting that North Korea dismantle its nuclear weapons program.

An empty playground is shown through a fence at Ocean View Hills Elementary in San Ysidro on Sept. 24, 2018.

San Ysidro School District Spent $276,000 On After-School Program That Never Happened

A San Diego woman who touts her connections to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and billionaire philanthropist T. Denny Sanford to promote her after-school programs sold the San Ysidro School District a sports and cheer package that never happened.

Hydrochar derived from poultry waste was produced in a lab at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. The hydrochar can be made into briquettes, which can be used as charcoal for cooking food.

Pardon Me, Turkey, Is This Stool Taken? Scientists Turn Poultry Poop Into Fuel

When heated under proper conditions, turkey droppings transform into a form of coal, and serve as a renewable resource. Just think: Someday you might roast your holiday turkey using its own excrement.

A screenshot from "KIKI Challenge | In my feelings Challenge | Shiggy Challenge | Funcho Entertainment | FC," a video by Funcho Entertainment.

Another 'Kiki Challenge' Video From India Earns 2 Million Views — And 3 Arrests

The police came after the guys who made the video because of their dangerous stunts. The courts gave them what some folks think is a highly appropriate punishment.

Dessa Goddard (left) appraises a Japanese cloisonné vase, ca. 1900 in St. Louis, Mo.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Junk In The Trunk 8

Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Experience all-new and previously unaired Season 22 appraisals, including a 1962 and 1963 Mercury Atlanta #8 and #9 archive, a Rasht horse cover made around 1875 and a purple sapphire ring. Which is appraised for $60,000-$120,000?

Gerda Govine Ituarte and husband Carlos Luis Ituarte, pictured in this undated photo, have found their portion of retirement bliss on their property in eastern San Diego County.

Living The Dream, With The Help Of A Home And A Pension

For middle-class seniors who bought their homes decades ago, the California dream remains well within reach.

James Chute Is Bullish On San Diego Arts Scene

After 25 years of writing about music and art in San Diego, James Chute has left The San Diego Union-Tribune. He looks back and ahead to an arts scene he believes is on the brink — in a good way this time.

A church near the school was destroyed during the fight to oust ISIS from Raqqa, Syria.

Determined To Seek An Education, Teenagers In Raqqa, Syria, Create Their Own School

With their city in ruins and little international help, a group of teenagers decided to take matters into their own hands. They recruited teachers, found a building and set up classes for themselves.

Amanda Chaffin comforts son Kayden, 4, who has a genetic condition called spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, and depends on a ventilator to breathe. Chaffin is worried about the high costs of Kayden's care.

Drug Puts A $750,000 'Price Tag On Life'

The high cost of Spinraza, a new and promising treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, highlights how the cost-benefit analysis insurers use to make drug coverage decisions plays out in human terms.

Asylum-seeker Allan Monga, 19, won Maine's Poetry Out Loud competition in March. But he's been barred from the national competition because he's not a citizen or permanent resident.

Maine Asylum-Seeker Fights For His Right To Poetry

Allan Monga won Maine's Poetry Out Loud competition last month, but the NEA barred him from the national stage because of his immigration status. Now he's suing for his right to participate.

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