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In this April 14, 2020, photo, Radik Musin directs families in cars as they line up to receive computers for San Diego Unified School District distance learning, in San Diego.

Community Conversation: Coronavirus Impacts On Vulnerable Students

On a special episode of KPBS Midday Edition, education reporter Joe Hong speaks with three people who have dedicated their lives to working with students most vulnerable to falling behind during distance learning.

People commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Lady Diana Spencer at the "Flamme de la Liberte" monument in Paris on Wednesday.

Princess Diana showed the world how to use celebrity for good

Diana, Princess of Wales, was known for championing humanitarian causes and redefining celebrity. She died 25 years ago today.

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and other Republicans filed suit to give Vice President Pence authority to count the votes of alternate electors.

Courts Reject Last-Minute Claim That Pence Can Ignore States' Presidential Electors

Rep. Louie Gohmert and other Republicans argued that the Constitution lets Vice President Pence reject Biden electors and count those for Trump. But judges say the plaintiffs have no standing to sue.

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas (right) speaks during a Dec. 3 news conference on Capitol Hill. Gohmert and other Republicans have filed suit to give Vice President Pence authority to count the votes of alternate electors.

Judge Rejects Last-Minute Claim That Pence Can Ignore States' Presidential Electors

Rep. Louie Gohmert and other Republicans argue that the Constitution lets Vice President Pence reject Biden electors and count those for Trump. The judge says the plaintiffs have no standing to sue.

A memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Monday. Photographs of the victims, from left, show Layla Salazar, Makenna Lee Elrod, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos and Nevaeh Alyssa Bravo.

What we know about the victims of the Uvalde school shooting

Two teachers and 19 students were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, making it the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.

One of the ten yurts available for rental at the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park Campground in South Bay starting April 28, 2021.

Southwesternmost US Campground Opens In Tijuana River Valley

The Tijuana River Valley Regional Park campground opened Wednesday with 51 campsites, yurt rentals, gardens and ball fields.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, flashes a thumbs-up to a passing motorist while waving signs, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Murkowski and her Trump-backed challenger advance in Alaska Senate race

Under a voter-approved elections process being used for the first time in Alaska elections this year, party primaries have been scrapped and ranked choice voting is being used in general elections.

From left, basketball great Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna, wife Vanessa and daughter Natalia, are seen before an NCAA college women's basketball game in 2017 in Los Angeles. Vanessa Bryant says Nike is making, without her consent, a shoe she designed in honor of her daughter Brianna.

Vanessa Bryant Says Nike, Without Consent, Made Shoes She Designed To Honor Her Child

The widow of the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant says she decided not to sell the shoe she designed to honor her late daughter, Gianna, yet has seen photos of people in possession of the sneaker.

Marlon Brando in the film The Godfather (1972). Producers worried that at 47 he was difficult, and past his prime, but he won (and then declined) an Oscar for Best Actor.

'The Godfather' bridged old and new Hollywood to save American moviegoing

On its 50th Anniversary, The Godfather is one of the most influential and respected films in Hollywood history. But that outcome didn't seem likely at its premiere.

Luna Guzmán is shown in this undated photo. She left Guatemala four years ago with the goal of reaching California. She had to face violence and sexual harassment while she was detained in a migrant detention center near San Diego and was later infected with COVID-19 while she waited for her asylum process in Tijuana.

‘A Butterfly With My Wings Cut Off’: A Transgender Asylum Seeker’s Quest to Come to California

Luna Guzmán has risked everything to seek asylum in the U.S. A transgender woman, she left her native Guatemala behind to try to find a life in California.

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