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Director Ella McKeon on the set of her film "Butterfly" that is playing as part of Horrible Imaginings Film Festival's Youth Cinema Showcase.

Horrible Imaginings Film Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary This Weekend

Horror film fest started in San Diego and now calls Orange County its home

A White House military aide carries the "football," a system that allows President Trump to launch a nuclear strike at any time.

Pelosi Asks Military To Limit Trump's Nuclear Authority. Here's How That System Works

The House speaker told colleagues she had spoken with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about keeping the nuclear codes from an "unhinged President."

Dissident Bahraini soccer player Hakeem al-Araibi, photographed Feb.4 as he left court in Bangkok, was released a week later after prosecutors said they were no longer seeking his extradition to Bahrain.

Human Rights Activists Hail Dissident Bahraini Soccer Star's Release From Thai Prison

International supporters, who had rallied around Hakeem al-Araibi under the hashtag #SaveHakeem, rejoiced over the news. But Bahrain said it "reaffirms its right" to pursue legal action against him.

Isolation Diary: Photographers Document Their Experience With COVID-19

When Pete Kiehart was forced into quarantine with COVID-19, he and girlfriend, Kasia Strek, did what came natural to them. The two photographers picked up their cameras and began making images.

"Gabriela [Ortiz] is one of the most talented composers in the world," Gustavo Dudamel says. "Not only in Mexico, not only in our continent — in the world."

Gabriela Ortiz's 'Yanga' Makes Its Debut With The LA Philharmonic

One of Mexico's most renowned classical composers, Ortiz's latest work was commissioned by Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and inspired by Mexico's first liberator of slaves.

West Philadelphia resident Suliemon Mellette, age 9, stands with an empty test bottle at a recent training at Drexel University’s Dornsife Center. The bottle was sent from Virginia Tech to the citizen-led group, Philly Unleaded Project, as part of a city-wide campaign to test citizen’s drinking water.

THE CROWD & THE CLOUD

Airs Wednesdays, May 10-31, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

"Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history," a U.N. panel says, reporting that around 1 million species are currently at risk. Here, an endangered hawksbill turtle swims in a Singapore aquarium in 2017.

1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says

"Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate.

Willie O'Ree (left) and Howie Young (center) of the Los Angeles Blades talk during warm ups before their game at the Los Angeles Sports Arena during the 1963-64 season in Los Angeles, Calif. O'Ree became the first black player in the National Hockey League when he joined the Boston Bruins in 1958.

Black Hockey Players Celebrated In NHL's Mobile History Museum

The National Hockey League was the last major sports league to integrate, and is still the least diverse, with a lot to do to develop talent and build goodwill in minority communities.

King George III: Mad, villainous brute — or flawed, misunderstood man? A new, publicly available archive aims to give scholars and dabblers alike a chance to decide for themselves. This image was rendered in 1795, more than a decade after George nearly abdicated.

Vindication For The 'Mad King'? New Archive Gives George III A Second Chance

History hasn't been kind to the British royal who lost the Colonies. But a project that launched Saturday plans to digitize over 350,000 letters and papers that may humanize the much-maligned monarch.

A sign advising of COVID-19 prevention at Torrey Pines State Beach. Dec. 10, 2020.

'Do As I Say': Anger As Some Politicians Ignore Virus Rules

Several American political leaders have been caught preaching one thing on the coronavirus and doing another. Politicians have long been called out for hypocrisy. But their actions can feel like a personal insult during a pandemic that’s forced millions into seclusion and left many without paychecks.

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