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The Pillar of Shame statue, a memorial for those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, is displayed at the University of Hong Kong on Wednesday.

A Hong Kong university orders the removal of a memorial to the Tiananmen massacre

Activists see the order to remove the Pillar of Shame as the latest sign of Beijing's suppression of Hong Kong. It's reportedly the only major memorial to the massacre still standing on Chinese soil.

San Diego Weekend Arts Events: #SaveOurStages, PGK Dance, Drive-Thru Art, Oceanside Culture And More

Our picks for the arts and culture this weekend include the San Diego International Film Festival, live music, a lot of drive-in experiences, Oceanside's vibrant culture, virtual dance and plenty more.

The one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, Frank Kameny (center) joined members of The Mattachine Society of Washington D.C. to march in New York City's 1970 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade.

INDEPENDENT LENS: Cured

Monday, Oct. 11, 2021 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be "cured," renegade LGBTQ+ activists fought a powerful psychiatry establishment that had things dangerously backwards.

Rainforest, Cape Tribulation, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia.

A historic rainforest and other lands have been returned to Indigenous Australians

The Queensland government agreed to return more than 160,000 hectares of land, including the historic Daintree National Park, to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji community.

Residences were leveled by the wildfire in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018.

Utility Asked Last Month To Hike Bills Over California Fires

A utility facing severe financial pressure amid speculation its equipment may have sparked a deadly Northern California wildfire asked U.S. energy regulators last month for permission to raise its customers' monthly bills to harden its system against wildfires and deliver a sizable increase in profits to shareholders.

Students at a training program, Cooperative Home Care Associates in New York, practice basic skills like a bed-bath on each other. Home health aides, provide basic, day-to-day support for elderly and disabled people, allowing them to age at home.

There's A Shortage Of Home Health Aides For The Elderly, And It's Getting Worse

Advocates have been calling for changes in the field. They say these jobs are exhausting, with low wages, little respect and little career growth. "We need a complete transformation," one expert says.

Michaela Coel, winner of Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie, on the red carpet

All The Emmys Winners, From Jason Sudeikis To 'I May Destroy You'

We kept track of all the shows that won at the 73rd Primetime Emmys, so you didn't have to.

Sheriff's deputies recover the remains of a victim of the Camp Fire on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in Paradise, Calif.

California Governor Signs Wildfire Bill To Pay Victims

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Friday that shores up the state's biggest electric utilities in the face of catastrophic wildfires and claims for damage from past blazes caused by their equipment.

PG&E preemptively shut down power in multiple Northern California counties to try to prevent wildfires, such as this recent fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

To Prevent Wildfires, PG&E Pre-Emptively Cuts Power To Thousands In California

The temporary outages could hit some 87,000 customers in Northern California. The impacted areas are forecast to have risky weather conditions, including low humidity and gusty winds.

CapRadio Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler interviews California Gov. Gavin Newsom about his first 100 days in office in this undated photo.

Interview: Gavin Newsom Reflects On First 100 Days As California Governor, Sanctuary Policy, Wildfire Liability And Taxes

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to President Trump’s recent and repeated claims that the federal government should place Central American migrants seeking asylum in “sanctuary cities”? It’s already happening.

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