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A guide to 9 global buzzwords for 2023, from 'polycrisis' to 'zero-dose children'

Are you having a polycrisis? Can the world reduce the number of zero-dose children? Experts shared their views about global buzzwords that will be big this year. Here's the list and the definitions.

Dontae Sharpe reacts outside the Pitt County Courthouse after a judge determined he could be set free on Aug. 22, 2019, in Greenville, N.C. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned Sharpe, who spent 24 years behind bars for a murder he has long said he did not commit.

A North Carolina man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years is pardoned

The pardon allows Dontae Sharpe to apply for compensation for his wrongful conviction for first-degree murder. A witness against him said her claims were made up, based on what investigators told her.

Alok Sharma (left), president of the COP26 summit, attends a stocktaking plenary session in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday.

At COP26, nations strike a climate deal with coal compromise

Government negotiators from nearly 200 countries have adopted a new deal on climate action after a last-minute intervention by India to water down the language on cutting emissions from coal.

Scientists share with KPBS News a mission to support STEAM learning for underserved communities.

Comic-Con S.T.E.A.M. superheroes are scientists without capes on education mission

COMIC CON Scientists are superheroes without capes, promoting education.

A screen grab captured from a video shows a view of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during a fire following clashes around the site in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

What we know about Russia's capture of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex

Heavy fighting caused a fire to break out near one of the Zaporizhzhia plant's six reactors, but Ukrainian authorities say the fire has been extinguished. Here's what we know.

From left, basketball great Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna, wife Vanessa and daughter Natalia, are seen before an NCAA college women's basketball game in 2017 in Los Angeles. Vanessa Bryant says Nike is making, without her consent, a shoe she designed in honor of her daughter Brianna.

Vanessa Bryant Says Nike, Without Consent, Made Shoes She Designed To Honor Her Child

The widow of the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant says she decided not to sell the shoe she designed to honor her late daughter, Gianna, yet has seen photos of people in possession of the sneaker.

Tiny Tech Tips: The Best Wireless Earbuds

December marks the 5th birthday for AirPods, the first truly wireless earbuds that led us to where we are now — with headphone jacks having vanished from pretty much every smartphone in the land.

In this photo taken in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 25, 2022, students of the Pyongyang Jang Chol Gu University of Commerce watch footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un along with news of the previous day's launch of the Hwasong-17 missile — Pyongyang's first ICBM test since 2017.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to develop more powerful means of attack

North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to develop more powerful means of, days after the country's first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in more than four years

People pledge allegiance to America as they receive U.S. citizenship at a naturalization ceremony for immigrants in Los Angeles in 2017.

1 in 10 Black people in the U.S. are migrants. Here's what's driving that shift

The breadth of what it means to be a Black American is widening, according to new analysis of the latest migration statistics.

In an interview with NPR, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine are "not designed to be permanent," and that they could "go away" if Russia should change its behavior.

Blinken sets a standard for lifting sanctions: an 'irreversible' Russian withdrawal

In an interview with NPR, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat, warns of the further devastation of Ukrainian cities.

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