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Airs Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Lowering payments to Social Security recipients would help slash budget deficits and even reduce wealth inequality. But there's little support among Democrats or Republicans, the young or the old for cutting the safety net.

San Diego County has launched a website for people in Carlsbad who want more information on cancer in their community. Some Carlsbad residents believe there's a cancer cluster in the city, but county health officials say that hasn't been determined.

Three agents tell Congress they tried to sound alarms about an operation in which federal officers watched AK-47s being sold to people who would pass them to Mexican cartels. The whistle-blowers said they wanted to arrest the buyers, but their bosses directed them not to. Now more than 1,000 guns tied to the operation are missing.

Airs Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

On Tuesday, President Obama will give his State of the Union address. For anyone playing parlor games at home that night, expect words like "jobs" and "competitiveness," but not as many like "Iraq" and "Afghanistan."

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+. Mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell joins journalist Bill Moyers to explore what enduring myths can tell us about our lives. In each of the six episodes, Moyers and Campbell focus on a character or theme found in cultural and religious mythologies. Campbell argues that these timeless archetypes continue to have a powerful influence on the choices we make and the ways we live.

Her re-election quest suddenly in jeopardy, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski struggled to avoid becoming the latest incumbent lawmaker to be fired. She fought against a political novice with the backing of Sarah Palin and tea party activists in a stunningly tight Republican primary race.

U.S. intelligence officials believe al-Qaida will have a hard time recovering from the death of its murderous leader, Osama bin Laden.