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Ricardo Flores, a volunteer for Bernie Sanders, hands John Rellihan a campaign flyer in North Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday. Sanders' supporters are making a big push for him to regain front-runner status.

Sanders' Army Of Volunteers Tries To Rally Support In Missouri

Bernie Sanders' supporters are making a big push in what could be the senator's last opportunity to regain front-runner status.

Dylan Hernandez in an undated photo uploaded to GoFundMe.

SDSU President Announces Task Forces In Response To Student Death

The announcement follows the death of a freshman after he attended an event at one of the university's fraternities.

KPBS Announces Maya Trabulsi as Evening Edition Anchor

KPBS has announced Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist Maya Trabulsi as the new anchor for Evening Edition, the public media station’s nightly news program.

Elham Mansori, Florence Poya, Nahida Khajazadeh and Somaya Farooqi, members of the Afghan Dreamers, are building a mechanized version of the hand-operated ventilator.

All-Girl Robotics Team In Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator ... With Car Parts

Automated ventilators are expensive. Hand-operated ventilators require a lot of labor. So these teens are on a quest to create a mechanized bag-valve-mask that'll do the job.

A woman walks past a wrecked van near the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha. Local residents and medical staff tell NPR that noncombatant civilians were killed and injured in the van the night of the U.S. raid on the compound of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Syrians Say U.S. Helicopter Fire Killed Civilians During The Raid On Baghdadi

A Syrian man says his arm was blown off and two friends were killed by U.S. helicopter fire during the assault on an ISIS leader. A defense official said the military will review what happened.

A view of the Suydam Magnet School for STEAM, in Brooklyn, N.Y. On Saturday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city's public schools would remain closed through the end of the academic year.

Half Of U.S. Public School Students Are Home For The School Year

School closures aren't just hard on kids; they're also hard on the economy. And many of the states that haven't closed schools for the rest of the academic year may yet do so.

"It was certainly expected that nursing homes would be hit but it was not inevitable that they'd be hit this hard," Richard Mollot, executive director of New York-based Long Term Care Community Coalition, told NPR.

For Most States, At Least A Third Of COVID-19 Deaths Are In Long-Term Care Facilities

The report comes as the government announced all states must now meet federal reporting guidelines. The type of information gathered by states up to now has been inconsistent.

Tony Vassiliadis, the head nighttime custodian at Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Mass., demonstrates an electrostatic sprayer. During an actual cleaning, he would he would wear gloves and an N95 mask.

There May Not Be Enough Well-Trained Workers To Clean Up Where Coronavirus Has Been

Industry experts are asking whether there are enough trained workers in the cleaning business who can help stop the coronavirus from spreading.

Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (right) with actor Michael K. Williams (left) while taping FINDING YOUR ROOTS.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Season 5

Tuesdays, Jan. 8 - Feb. 26 & April 2 & 9, 2019 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Matt Ford is seen in Verona, Wis., with one of his caregivers, Grace Brunette. An accident in 1987 left Ford paralyzed in all four limbs. He needs help getting in and out of bed, preparing meals, using the bathroom and driving. Brunette recently finished a physician assistant program at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

People With Disabilities Find The Coronavirus Has Cut Them Off From Their Caregivers

Wisconsin was already facing a shortage of caregivers who provide crucial health services and help their clients live and work independently. The pandemic has eroded this workforce even more.

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