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Deadly attacks reported in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan. Abortions are up two years since the Supreme Court revoked federal abortion protections.

Bruce Onobrakpeya was unafraid to challenge the conventions of the art world — and was celebrated for it. This giant of African art is basking in the joy of his first Smithsonian solo exhibition.

Opening Reception will be held on Saturday, March 9th. About the Artists: Anna Casser (1943- ) Born in Verona, Italy, Anna Caser was educated at the Fine Arts School in Genoa, Italy. Her works can be seen in Italy, Europe, UAE, USA and Canada at important private and public collections. Inspired by Paul Klee, Caser covers her canvasses in loose washes of intense color on a ground of Venetian plaster made from marble dust obtained from local Italian quarries. Over these abstractions, Caser inscribes sketchy playful drawings through the paint and stucco. Willy Heeks, born in 1951, has gained a national reputation, exhibiting in New York, Los Angeles, and throughout the United States. He received his BFA from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston in 1973, attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program that same year and in 1977 he received his MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA. His work has been acquired by the Peabody-in-Essex Museum (Salem, MA), Museum of Contemporary Art, (Detroit, MI), and the Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH). His work is also in the collections of the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR), Brooklyn Museum of Art (New York, NY), Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY) and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, CA). Local artists Ryan Loring and Judy Pike exhibited at the San Diego Art Institute, between 2000 to 2010. For more information visit: enaartgroup.com Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

Set in a modern-day Italy, we meet two young men in search of identity—and Julia, the first Shakespearean female character to disguise herself as a young man. This company of 14 M.F.A. actors, now in training at The Old Globe and University of San Diego, brings a wild cast of characters to life in a bold staging of this timely, classy comedy that highlights themes of betrayal, loyalty, and friendship. Tickets available now at www.TheOldGlobe.org or (619) 234-5623.

Faliks draws from her Ukrainian-Jewish heritage and Mikhail Bulgakov's anti-censorship novel The Master and Margarita for a new album.

The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.

More workers are filing claims with the state alleging employers are retaliating against them for engaging in legally protected activities, such as seeking overtime pay or reporting wage theft or discrimination. The state’s waitlist for investigations and hearings is growing, and few workers have won their claims.

Premieres Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Thursday, April 11 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Navigate the lives of three people in the face of Parkinson's disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother becomes an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates continuing to draw as his motor control declines.

Senegal will finally go to the polls this weekend, in a vote that was delayed, then reinstated. A beacon of relative stability in a restless region, its democratic resilience has been sorely tested.

The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate. The CDC "disagrees with the findings."