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Carlos Ferre puts fuel in his vehicle at a gas station on April 06, 2026 in Miami, Florida. Florida gas prices have risen to over $4 per gallon in early April 2026 as the war in Iran has affected global oil supplies, leading to higher crude oil costs.

Drive slower, go electric, don't drive at all? Americans weigh options for saving gas

With gasoline prices averaging above $4 a gallon nationally, drivers are grappling with a sharp rise in fuel costs. Here are some ideas to consider if you're trying to cut your fuel costs.

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Kimberly Swain

Kim Swain is the senior producer of video news at KPBS. She oversees the daily production of “KPBS Evening Edition” which airs live weeknights at 5 p.m. on KPBS TV and streams on YouTube. Kim also oversees the weekly show “KPBS News: This Week” which airs Fridays at 8:30 p.m.

Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist are seen as they depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to board their Orion spacecraft atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building as part of the Artemis II countdown demonstration test, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

San Diego Navy warship to recover Artemis II astronauts on Friday

Sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship have been undergoing training in preparation for recovering the Artemis II crew, whose space capsule is set to return just after 5 p.m. Friday, the Navy said Monday.

Victor Korol stands for a portrait at his home in San Diego, California on Dec. 5, 2025. A day earlier, his wife Viktoriia Bulavina was detained at the end of her green card interview at the federal immigration offices downtown.

ICE detains Ukrainian wife of US citizen following green card interview

Viktoriia Bulavina’s lawyers say her detention marks a new escalation in the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigration.

Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. ET on April 6 during the Artemis II crew's flyby of the moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Central peaks form in complex craters when the lunar surface, liquefied on impact, splashes upward during the crater's formation.

Photos: NASA releases first images from moon flyby

During the mission's loop around the moon, the crew took geological observations of places of interest on the lunar surface using their own eyes and snapping thousands of photos of the surface.

FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greets Corp. Ben Roberts-Smith from Australia, who was recently awarded the Victoria Cross, during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London, Nov. 15, 2011.

Australia charges ex‑soldier with 5 war‑crime murders in Afghanistan

Roberts-Smith is only the second Australian veteran of the Afghanistan campaign to be charged with a war crime.

A man sits among buildings destroyed in a joint attack by Israel and the United States on April 6, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.

U.S. and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire, suspending Trump's threat to annihilate Iran

After Iran ceded to President Trump's demand to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump backed down from his threat of wide-scale destruction of Iran's civilian and military infrastructure.

Beer cans, helium balloons and mortgages: An unexpected mix of things affected by war

It's not just oil and gas that are affected by the Iran war. All sorts of shortages and price spikes are starting to pop up that stand to affect people's daily lives.

Taiwan's main opposition party KMT chairperson Cheng Li-wun attends a press conference at the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club in Taipei on March 23, 2026.

Taiwan's opposition leader arrives in China for a 'Journey of Peace'

The visit takes place ahead of President Trump's own summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping next month, where Taiwan is expected to be a top agenda item.

AI in the mental health care workforce is met with fear, pushback — and enthusiasm

Artificial intelligence tools that help mental health therapists take notes and keep records are quickly entering the marketplace. But some question the safety of AI in mental health care delivery.

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