Search results for

For the first time, physically disabled rowers will have their own event at The Head of the Charles this year. But those with intellectual disabilities are still pushing for the chance to compete.

A man became stuck in the San Diego River today amid high rain water and clung to a branch to keep from being carried away until emergency crews could rescue him, authorities said.

Airs Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 11 a.m. on KPBS TV

Young recorded all of Storytone's 10 songs with either a 92-piece orchestra or an elaborate big band, but wisely includes beautifully stripped-down acoustic versions, too.

Anthropologist Barbara J. King reviews a new book that suggests domesticating the wolf gave early modern humans an extra edge in hunting that pushed Neanderthals to extinction.

As she approached 60, the co-founder of Ms. magazine says, she entered a new phase in life, one in which "you can do what you want." Steinem's new memoir is My Life on the Road.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a cultural icon about the time she turned 80 and became known as "Notorious RBG" — a most unusual identity for a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Airs Monday, Jan. 8, 2018 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Thomas Jackson, who apologized to in a video released Thursday for the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, faced protesters calling for his resignation.

Thousands of mourners began lining up outside a large arena Friday where an overflow crowd was expected for the funeral of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of the victims of a deadly shooting at an African-American church. President Barack Obama was scheduled to deliver a eulogy.