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Biden's stalled climate policies back home may undercut U.S. influence at COP26

President Biden has pledged urgent action on the "existential threat" of climate change. But his struggles to get his plan through Congress may undercut U.S. influence at a global climate summit.

Poetry, magic and a war-torn childhood in 'A Girl Called Rumi'

San Diego author Ari Honarvar's debut novel is set in her hometown of Shiraz, Iran during the Iran-Iraq war.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether the federal government can sue Texas over its controversial law that bans most abortions.

Novel Texas abortion case is back at the Supreme Court

At issue is whether a state can nullify a constitutional right by delegating enforcement not to state officials, but to private citizens who are authorized to sue abortion providers and others.

An Egyptian vulture hatched at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. It is the first ever to be born in captivity in North America in this undated photo.

First Egyptian Vulture Bred In Captivity In San Diego

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance officials are celebrating this year's hatching of an endangered Egyptian Vulture. It could be the first of many.

NOVA: Ship That Changed The World

Stream or tune in Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, June 3 at 4 p.m. & Sunday, June 6 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Dr. Angela Chen, an emergency physician at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, diagnosed the city's first confirmed COVID-19 case last March.

ER Doctor Who Diagnosed First Confirmed NYC COVID-19 Case Reflects 1 Year Later

For four months last year, Dr. Angela Chen only saw her child through a window. A year into the global pandemic, the view is a different, but it's impossible to forget the memories of last spring.

Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier

Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

President Biden speaks during a rare formal news conference on the last day of his first year in the White House.

Biden's predecessors could have felt his first-year pain

Yet these early reversals haven't always been hobbling. On the contrary, three of the past four presidents elected — and five of the past eight — have recovered from shaky starts to win re-election.

A man walks by a COVID-19 testing sign at UC San Diego campus, Sept. 28, 2020.

Researchers: COVID-19 In Sewage Helps More Than It Hurts

COVID-19 is shed by the body and can be tracked in sewage, but it is not clear whether there is a serious risk to public health.

A man buys multiple copies of the latest Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong. Police raided the office of Apple Daily, the city's fierce pro-democracy newspaper, in an operation involving more than 200 officers. Secretary for Security John Lee said the company used "news coverage as a tool" to harm national security, according to local media reports.

Hong Kong's Apple Daily To Shut Down This Weekend After Having Its Assets Frozen

The pro-democracy newspaper will run its last edition on Saturday — signaling the end to Hong Kong's once freewheeling and muckraking reporting environment as well.

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