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Members of the Restorative Community Conferencing Committee sit around a conference table to discuss expanding the program, August, 27, 2018.

Mid-City Program That Addresses School-To-Prison Pipeline Looks To Expand

Organizers behind a limited program that steers youth offenders away from detention are exploring expanding to other communities.

Hundreds of public housing residents are becoming food entrepreneurs thanks to Food Business Pathways, a free 10-week program that offers food-loving New York City Housing Authority residents customized business training and resources.

New York Public Housing Is Home To City's Newest Food Entrepreneurs

Food Business Pathways is a free course that gives low-income participants a leg up in turning their ideas into successful businesses through training, mentoring, access to services and space to sell.

The Capitals' Alex Ovechkin celebrates on the ice after the Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights. Ovechkin was awarded the Conn Smythe trophy as the best player in this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Washington Capitals Hoist First Stanley Cup After Dramatic Win Over Vegas

The championship is the first by a D.C. team in one of the big four U.S. sports leagues in a quarter-century, and prevents a fairy tale ending to the Las Vegas hockey team's first season.

Shridhar Chillal, 82, let his nails grow for over six decades. He cut them off this month. They are now on display in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in New York City.

Man With The World's Longest Fingernails Cuts Them Off After 66 Years

Shridhar Chillal, 82, of Pune, India, started to let the fingernails on his left hand grow when he was 14. The longest nail was about 6 1/2 feet long.

Sen. John McCain, seen in 2014, told his Senate colleagues last year: "I suspect they'll find we all conspired in our decline — either by deliberate actions or neglect."

McCain's Death Marks The Near-Extinction Of Bipartisanship

The Arizona Republican was known for reaching across the aisle when big things had to be tackled. The number of lawmakers willing to do that now is dwindling.

A woman shopping in the 1970s picks up a bag of Snyder's pretzels. Today, Hanover remains a center of snack food manufacturing, even as the food industry changes around it.

How The Pennsylvania Dutch Turned A Rural Town Into A Snack Food Empire

In a food landscape dominated by multinational conglomerates like Frito-Lay and PepsiCo, the small town of Hanover, Pa., has produced homegrown snacks for a century and is still thriving today.

Ann Curry, executive producer and reporter for WE'LL MEET AGAIN.

WE'LL MEET AGAIN: Season 2

Airs Tuesdays, Nov. 13 & 20 & Dec. 18 & 25, 2018 at 8 p.m. & Jan. 1, 2019 at 8 p.m. & Jan. 8 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Despite being in the second-longest economic expansion since the post–World War II boom, the U.S. is projected to rack up national debt at rates not seen since the 1940s. Here, the U.S. Treasury Department's main building is seen in Washington, D.C.

U.S. National Debt Hits $22 Trillion — A New Record That's Predicted To Fall

Federal deficits are now expected to average $1.2 trillion, or 4.4 percent of gross domestic product — far higher than the average over the past 50 years.

Gackenbach, whose duties included documenting the event with his camera, is the last surviving member of the Hiroshima mission.

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

Russell Gackenbach was a 22-year-old second lieutenant on Aug. 6, 1945, when he flew in the Necessary Evil, one of three planes in the mission that dropped the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.

Families cooled off at the Place des Arts in Montreal, during the heat wave last week, that killed an estimated 70 people across Quebec.

Estimated 70 Deaths Linked To Canada's Heat Wave

Most of the people who died are elderly men and women living alone in apartments with no air conditioning, and many had chronic health conditions.

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