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Cyber risks add to climate threat, World Economic Forum warns

Survey of 1,000 experts and leaders finds cybersecurity and space add to the existing challenges of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.

New York State, along with IBM, is developing Excelsior Pass to provide digital proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.

Would You Use An App To Verify Your Vaccine Status? The Idea Is Here To Stay

From sporting arenas to colleges and cruise ships, many businesses are planning to ask customers to prove they've had their shots. Smartphone apps may be coming soon.

This sonar image created by SEARCH Inc. and released by the Alabama Historical Commission shows the remains of the Clotilda, the last known U.S. ship involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Researchers say the wreckage of last known slave ship to the U.S. is mostly intact

Researchers studying the wreckage of the Clotilda, which has been buried in mud on the Alabama coast since 1860, say that most of the wooden schooner is still largely in one piece.

The Q100 bus is one of the only ways to get in and out of Rikers Island, New York's largest correctional facility. During the pandemic, advocates say, the jail has descended into chaos.

The Q100 bus to Rikers can be a lifeline for families with loved ones inside the jail

The city bus is one of the few ways in or out of New York's Rikers Island jail. Conditions there have been declared a crisis. Families say the only way to check on their loved ones is in person.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Hidden in the Genes

Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels solve family mysteries through DNA detective work, illuminating both history and their own identities.

Mary Rich, shown with her husband, Joel, at their home in Omaha, Neb., says self-promoters they trusted to help solve the killing of their son took advantage of them. "You're a total sucker," Mary Rich says. "I think every day: Who's going to bug us? What's coming at us? I will always think that."

Seth Rich's killing was exploited on Fox News and online. His parents are fed up

Seth Rich's killing brought incalculable loss to Joel and Mary Rich. Baseless conspiracy theories on Fox News made it even worse. They're speaking out for the first time since settling with Fox.

Carlsbad City Hall as seen on Aug. 25, 2015.

Carlsbad Approves $5 Million Package For Struggling Local Businesses

The Carlsbad City Council has approved a $5 million economic revitalization package to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and will accept applications for the relief Wednesday through May 25.

Live-event spaces, like the Sound Nightclub in Los Angeles, have been waiting months for emergency relief.

Need Aid For Your Shuttered Venue? End Of May Is The Earliest You Might Get It

Qualified applicants can expect to see emergency relief money by the end of the month.

Avah Lamie is in fifth grade and lives in Hartford, Vt. The pandemic brought a big loss of stability for kids, experts say.

What life is like for an 11-year-old

Avah Lamie, 11, says this is a stressful time to be a kid. Rates of anxiety and depression among children and youth were on the rise even before COVID, but the past two years have made things worse.

Bariton Reginald Smith, Jr. sings the role of Don Alfonso in San Diego Opera's production of Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte." Feb. 8, 2022

San Diego Opera is back in person this weekend

Mozart's 'Così Fan Tutte' welcomes audiences back to Civic Theatre after an almost two-year absence

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