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The classroom writing implement has roots in exploding stars, the French Revolution, the British crown jewels and Walden Pond.

John Hinckley Jr., who injured Reagan in 1981, has left a mental hospital where he stayed for decades and arrived at his mother's house in Virginia. The judge set numerous conditions for his release.

Kitten season is here and that means animal shelters are getting an influx of homeless litters. The San Diego Humane Society says many newborn kittens wouldn't survive if it weren't for its 24-hour kitten nursery.

Every year, little clusters of Nipah virus break out in Bangladesh. And it wasn't from the usual cause — drinking raw sap from date palm trees. So what's up?

Airs Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

More than 150,000 homes in northwest Pakistan have been damaged or swept away by recent floodwaters in a stunning show of nature's force. There are harrowing tales of loss and survival, but Siraj Begum's story embodies what so many have endured.

In the last year, the team has contributed more money to a political campaign than anyone else in the city as it tries to persuade voters to support the ballot measure that would allow construction of a downtown stadium.

Robert King, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace spent over 100 years combined in solitary confinement for a prison guard's death. Now that Woodfox is free, he's joining his friend King in advocacy.

A charter plane crashed near Medellín, Colombia, on Monday night, killing 71 people. According to leaked audio and witness accounts, the pilot cited "fuel problems" and asked for priority landing.

Julian Leyzaola has lived through multiple assassination attempts as the ex-police chief of Tijuana. A new documentary about him will be screened at UltraStar Mission Valley at Hazard Center on April 10.