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Bill Bozarth climbs a ladder to install an ember-resistant vent at a Lakeside home, June 15, 2021.

County Nixed Spending $1.5 million For Fire Retrofits In Backcountry

About 66,200 homes in the region’s fire-prone backcountry, including Palomar Mountain, Mount Laguna and Julian, would have been eligible for the county’s ember-resistant vents grant program. But it never got off the ground.

U.S. Capitol Police officers and members of the National Guard keep watch at the Constitution Avenue entrance to the East Plaza of the Capitol where an officer was killed when a man rammed a car into the barricade on April 2. The debate about whether there should be permanent fencing will be front and center when lawmakers return next week.

Recent Attacks On The Capitol Have Reignited Debate Over Security And Fencing

Lawmakers worked in their districts over the last two weeks but the Capitol was marred by another deadly attack on April 2, reigniting the debate over security and the need for fencing on the campus.

A March 21 attack by the Assad regime forces and Iran-backed terrorist groups targeted a hospital in Aleppo, killing six civilians and injuring 15. Above: A view of the damaged site.

Syria Bombs Hospitals. Now It Will Help Lead The World Health Organization

It was a decision that appalled and angered Syrian opposition groups and international medical organizations. On May 28 Syria was appointed to the World Health Organization's Executive Board.

GREAT DECISIONS IN FOREIGN POLICY: Rising Tide: Climate Change & The World's Oceans

Airs Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Stream on YouTube

Three of the women who sing about their plight — and their hopes — on the album I've Forgotten Now Who I Used To Be. Their names are withheld to protect their physical safety because they have been accused of witchcraft.

Banished 'Witches' Sing Of Their Pain — And Their Dreams

In a new recording, women accused of witchcraft in Ghana — and forced to leave their homes — created songs that tell who they are, how they have suffered and what their hopes are.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration headquarters in White Oak, Md. The agency this week has removed a top communications official in the wake of misleading claims it made about a treatment for COVID-19.

FDA Removes Top Spokesperson After Blood Plasma Blunder

Emily Miller was central in defending the FDA commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, after he falsely said that blood plasma could lower the death rate from COVID-19 by more than a third.

Fortitude Ranch is a development for doomsday preppers in a remote quarter of the Colorado Rockies.

Preparing For The End Of The World, On A Budget

Doomsday prepper properties designed to ride out societal collapse are growing in popularity. Fortitude Ranch in Colorado aims to make bunkers affordable for the middle class.

Staff Sgt. Romeo Pactores fought to remain in the US Marine Corps, Jan. 20, 2021.

Troops With Service-Related Mental Health Issues Say It's Unfair To Kick Them Out Of Military

Marines with PTSD and other wounds of war continue to be involuntarily discharged for misconduct, despite an efforts to keep them in the corps.

Cassette tapes gave new control to music fans, allowing them to create and share their own collections of songs in a cheap and easily portable format.

Lou Ottens, Inventor Of The Cassette Tape, Has Died

"Next time you make that perfect playlist on Spotify or send a link to share a song, you can thank Lou Ottens," documentary filmmaker Zack Taylor told NPR.

A child learns to swim in a pond in a rural area of Bangladesh.

The U.N. Takes Aim At A 'Silent Epidemic' — Drowning

This week, in the middle of a pandemic, the United Nations took a stand about an issue that has nothing to do with disease but is one of the top causes of death for children ages 5 to 14.

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