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Eric Garcetti, then the mayor of Los Angeles, during an interview in his office at City Hall in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2015.

Did a powerful Democrat lie about #MeToo allegations to save his career?

Former LA Mayor Eric Garcetti denies he knew about a top adviser's alleged abuse at City Hall. An NPR investigation raises new questions about whether the now U.S. ambassador to India lied under oath.

Jannik Sinner of Italy practices last week prior to the 2024 U.S. Open in New York City. The world's top-ranked player tested positive for low levels of a banned steroid after his physiotherapist used a topical spray to treat a small cut before giving Sinner a massage.

The U.S. Open begins under a cloud, after 1-seed Jannik Sinner is cleared of doping

The world's top-ranked player tested positive for low levels of a banned steroid after his physiotherapist used a topical spray to treat a small cut before giving Sinner a massage, arbitrators found.

The U.S. gymnast Simone Biles appeared to hurt her lower left leg during a warmup on Sunday, but she finished the remaining events after wrapping her ankle with thick athletic tape.

Simone Biles hurts her leg in Olympic gymnastics qualifying but finishes 1st anyway

The gymnast appeared to hurt her lower leg while warming up for the floor exercise. After wrapping her ankle and lower leg with heavy athletic tape, she returned to competition and performed well.

Unredacted documents show TikTok is aware of the dangers caused by its app.

TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege

In communications newly revealed, TikTok executives discuss being aware of the harms caused by their app. TikTok officials were warned of the app’s dangers to minors.

From left, Scott Poteet, Anna Menon, Sarah Gillis, and Jared Isaacman are set to conduct the first private spacewalk. Gillis and Isaacman will exit their Dragon capsule float above the Earth in new spacesuits from the commercial spaceflight company SpaceX.

The Polaris Dawn spacewalk is SpaceX’s ‘risky adventure’

New spacesuits, untested astronauts, and a lot that can go wrong make this five-day mission unusually complex, but with a potentially great reward.

Photographs of Ana Cordova and her son, Nolan, at a park at their home in downtown San Diego, California on Jan. 23, 2024.

State of play: How kids' outdoor playtime is changing

In this series, KPBS explores how much time kids in San Diego and Imperial County spend playing freely and what that means for their health.

Project Beloved created one of its soft interview rooms at Missouri's Kansas City Police Department for investigators to interview victims of sexual assault.

After a tragedy, a mother wants to soften the rooms where police interview victims

Tracy Matheson's organization is funding makeovers of rooms that police use to interview sexual assault victims. The project was inspired by the violent death of Matheson's daughter.

The FBI's Most Wanted poster for Pastor Apollo Quiboloy refers to his aliases — including "The Appointed Son of God" and "Sir" — and lists the U.S. charges against him, including conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, and sex trafficking of children; and bulk cash smuggling.

Who is Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, the pastor on the FBI Most Wanted List?

U.S. prosecutors allege the pastor illegally funneled money to his church in the Philippines. They also say he victimized minors and young women, requiring them to perform "night duty."

'Colored Television' is an ungentle satire set in post-post-racial America

Danzy Senna's new novel is an exhilarating yet poignant riff on the struggling artist as a wannabe middle-aged sellout. The writing is endlessly quotable and meaningfully provocative.

In a decade of drug overdoses, more than 320,000 American children lost a parent

New research documents how many children lost a parent to an opioid or other overdose in the period from 2011 to 2021. Bereaved children face elevated risks to their physical and emotional health.

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