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'Companion Piece' connects two plagues and two female artists five centuries apart

By exploring binaries such as imagination versus reality and surface versus depth — with their often blurred boundaries — Ali Smith's latest challenges readers to embrace the indeterminate.

Foreign policy experts are asking how decades of foreign policy experience could have led President Biden to oversee such a chaotic withdrawal.

What The Exit From Afghanistan Tells Us About How Biden Sees The World

President Biden has decades of experience in foreign policy, but the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is his first major foreign policy crisis as president.

When President Biden hosts lawmakers to the Oval Office, like he did here on April 20, the meetings and the seating arrangements are carefully choreographed, with the pandemic in mind.

How The White House Is Reaching Out To Congress As It Seeks A Deal On Infrastructure

President Biden is hosting key lawmakers in the Oval Office all week, hoping to forge an agreement on infrastructure.

Several residents of the Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria, Va., briefly had a campaign asking the landlord to "cancel" rent during the pandemic.

Virginia Immigrants Hit Hard By Pandemic Fear Eviction, Housing Squeeze

Many of them work in service industries —as cooks, Uber drivers, nursing aides— jobs that have been especially affected this past year. "I don't have money to pay rent," resident Mahlet Kassa says.

Jon Batiste poses with four of his five trophies during the 64th annual Grammy Awards.

2022 Grammy Awards: The full list of nominees and winners

Every nominee and winner from all 86 categories presented at the 2022 Grammy Awards, presented on Sunday, April 3 in Las Vegas.

My Survivor

Airs Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 (not available to stream on demand)

People hold signs in support of truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos during a rally on the west steps of the Colorado state capitol on Dec. 22 in Denver.

A judge will reconsider a trucker's 110-year sentence following a public outcry

Around 5 million people have signed a petition seeking clemency for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, who was sentenced for a crash that killed four. A judge set a Jan. 13 hearing to reconsider the sentence.

Deicin Garcia is worried about taking a COVID-19 vaccine.

Many Latinos Are Hesitant To Get A COVID-19 Vaccine

Worries about how quickly the vaccine was developed and what long-term effects it may have are keeping some Latinos from getting vaccinated for the coronavirus.

"The secretary's not approving or calling for additional accountability measures," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters at a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington on Monday.

No U.S. troops behind a drone strike that killed Afghan civilians will be punished

Defense Secretary Austin approved recommendations aimed at preventing similar future tragedies. But the troops involved in the strike that killed 10 people, including 7 children, are off the hook.

Cameron Brink #22 of the Stanford Cardinal and Cate Reese #25 of the Arizona Wildcats fight for the opening tipoff during the National Championship game of the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on April 4 in San Antonio, Texas. The Stanford Cardinal defeated the Arizona Wildcats 54-53 to win the national title.

Congress Urged To Act As States Start Allowing Outside Cash For Student Athletes

Nearly 20 states will soon allow NCAA athletes to accept cash for the use of their image, name and likeness. Many say the result will be unfair advantages for some schools unless Congress acts.

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