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Comedian Shelley Berman has died at the age of 92. Here, he arrives at a reception for the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

Along with Bob Newhart and Lenny Bruce, Shelley Berman helped change the tone and tenor of American humor.

IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad in 2007. Kamprad died Saturday at at 91.

IKEA Founder, Ingvar Kamprad, Dies At 91

The Swedish entrepreneur, whose company brought affordable, Scandinavian design to living rooms around the world, died Saturday in his home in Smaland, Sweden.

A crowd waits to cross the border into Colombia over the Simón Bolívar bridge in San Antonio del Táchira, Venezuela, in July 2016.

Venezuela's Deepening Crisis Triggers Mass Migration Into Colombia

A downward economic spiral, food shortages and a host of other problems have driven thousands of Venezuelans to flee to nearby countries.

Hector René "Tito" Matos (left), leads a celebratory plena musical bar hopping jam session along the trendy Calle Loiza neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico's 'Singing Newspapers' Tell A Story Of Resilience

The call-and-response singing and drumming tradition known as Plena brings "a little joy" to the hurricane-damaged Calle Loiza neighborhood in San Juan.

Volunteers unload one of 35 dogs flown from Texas shelters to Seattle in Hurricane Harvey's aftermath. The dogs arriving in Seattle were already in Texas shelters when Harvey hit and are being transferred so animals displaced by the flooding can be cared for until they can be reunited with their families.

From Hawk To Horse: Animal Rescues During Hurricane Harvey

A storm of this magnitude affects many animals. Uplifting videos show people rescuing all kinds of animals from Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.

By mid-January, there had been nearly 5,000 reported cases of diphtheria in the camps and 33 deaths.

Rare Disease Finds Fertile Ground In Rohingya Refugee Camps

Diphtheria is not seen in the West because almost everyone is vaccinated against it. But it's been infecting thousands of the refugees in Bangladesh.

Scientists have created a treatment in which genetically modified T cells, shown in blue, can attack cancer cells, shown in red.

FDA Approves First Gene Therapy For Leukemia

The process modifies patients' immune cells to attack their own cancer cells. It was approved to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children and young adults — the most common childhood cancer.

Sadia Kahn poses for a photo with her son Hashim outside their new apartment in University Village in this undated image.

Housing Costs Crush California’s Low-Income College Students

Attending a university in California can be a financial burden beyond the means of many college hopefuls. Rising tuition is compounded by the lack of affordable housing in the state and the high cost of living.

The end of a pilot whale hunt, hundreds of people head to the beach eager to get a free share of the meat.

POV: The Islands And The Whales

Airs Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education building is shown in this photo, Sept. 15, 2017.

Group Is Challenging San Diego Unified's Elections Instead Of Its Incumbents

Incumbent school board trustees Kevin Beiser and Michael McQuary will more or less cruise into their third and second terms. But some community members are hoping to install a few speed bumps on the road to re-election in San Diego Unified.

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