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A promotional photo of the band Mariachi El Bronx.

San Diego's Top Weekend Events: The Music Of May

It's a very musical weekend, with mariachis, a string quartet and even some confetti.

At the start of their trek at the Milwaukee War Memorial, Tom Voss hugs his girlfriend Katinka goodbye.

Airs Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Holograms of human figures are displayed during a "ghost protest" against South Korea's president in front of the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul on Wednesday. Amnesty International in Korea said it decided to use the holograms after protesters were denied permission to march. See the video below.

'Ghost Protest' In Seoul Uses Holograms, Not People

The protest, organized by Amnesty International, featured virtual demonstrators. But concerns about freedom of speech and assembly in South Korea are real.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson appeared on SiriusXM's Town Hall hosted by Armstrong Williams earlier this week.

Housing Secretary Ben Carson Says Poverty Is A 'State Of Mind'

People with the "right mind set" can pull themselves up, Carson said. Many conservatives and the Trump administration say cuts to government benefits could incentivize people to find work.

(Left) Jaime Botello is at the mosque with his wife and grandson. "I've never been to a mosque before but what is the difference? The doors are open so I came," Botello says. "We are all together." (Right) Adbelhamid Moursy is a telecom engineer and education director at the mosque. "We will take any family ... any person," Moursy says.

Favorite Visual Stories Of 2017

NPR's favorite visual stories of the year include political news events, a solar eclipse, and hurricanes along with stories about education, music and comics.

Teachers, Lawyers And Others Worry About The Fate Of Student Debt Forgiveness

Borrowers are "frightened," "anxious," "betrayed," at the suggestion that a federal student loan forgiveness program could be taken away.

Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, introduced a resolution that will serve as the vehicle for repealing key parts of Obamacare.

Republicans Take The First Step To Repeal Obamacare

Senate Republicans introduced a budget resolution that starts the process to defund key chunks of the Affordable Care Act. President-elect Donald Trump says he'll sign a bill.

Sen. Ted Cruz prays before the start of his Religious Liberty Rally last weekend in Des Moines, Iowa. The event was part of Cruz's push to energize evangelical voters.

Ted Cruz Rallies Evangelicals In Campaign To Defund Planned Parenthood

Religious voters are a key for Republicans running for president. One candidate — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — is making a bold play for them, promising to campaign on defunding Planned Parenthood.

The upstairs porch of Anne Blessing's home in Charleston, S.C., has been a stop on a popular historic home tour. For the first time, visitors will tour the kitchen where enslaved people once spent most of their lives toiling over hot fires.

Looking 'Beyond The Big House' And Into The Lives Of Slaves

A new house tour bypasses Charleston's antebellum mansions and takes visitors directly to the quarters where enslaved people lived and worked.

Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood deliver remarks highlighting the transportation projects and infrastructure jobs created by Obama's economic stimulus plan in 2009.

FACT CHECK: Trump's Claim That The 2009 Stimulus Built Nothing

Trump claimed on Tuesday before a group of CEOs that the Obama administration's stimulus package was a failed "infrastructure bill." That's not true.

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