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Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is part of a group of Democrats up for reelection in 2022 pushing for eliminating the gas tax for the rest of the year to address higher prices at the pump.

Senate Democrats want to fight inflation, but there are limits to what they can do

Some are looking to a gas tax holiday to bring relief to consumers faced with skyrocketing prices.

Shery Bechara and Lilas Mayassi appear in "Sirens," directed by Rita Baghdadi, an official selection of the World Cinema: Documentary Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Digital Gym Cinema reopens to host in-person Sundance films

Preview weekend includes shorts, features, filmmakers and female metal band members from Lebanon.

Protesters walking on Interstate 8 to demonstrate against police brutality in La Mesa and in the nation on May 30, 2020.

Man pleads guilty to arson in Randall Lamb building during La Mesa protest

A man who set fire to a historic commercial structure in downtown La Mesa following a police brutality protest pleaded guilty.

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination super station at Grossmont Center in La Mesa, Calif. Feb. 2, 2021.

San Diego County reports 549 new COVID-19 cases, 9 more virus deaths

San Diego County public health officials Wednesday reported 549 new cases of COVID-19 and nine additional virus-related deaths.

The Gulf emirate of Dubai and its Burj Khalifa skyscraper, photographed from a helicopter on July 8, 2020. The United Arab Emirates is changing its workweek to have half days on Fridays and a Saturday-Sunday weekend.

The UAE is adopting a 4.5-day workweek and a Saturday-Sunday weekend

The change will apply to federal government entities starting in January. UAE officials hope it will enhance workers' well-being and boost the country's economic competitiveness.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma vote at a polling station on Wednesday during the presidential elections in the town of Douma, near the Syrian capital Damascus.

Syrian Election Shows The Extent Of Assad's Power

The dictator's choice of voting location sent "a message telling the opposition that we are celebrating through your demise," one Syrian analyst tells NPR.

The San Diego County Administration Building is shown on Jan. 12, 2021.

County Mobile Crisis Teams to be expanded Wednesday; Supervisors OK report

San Diego County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to accept a report on the countywide Mobile Crisis Response Team initiative that will be expanded Wednesday as an alternative to treat those with mental health or substance abuse issues.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau And Party Are On The Line In Tomorrow's Vote

Canadians go to the polls tomorrow for a snap federal election called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He is gambling his handling of the pandemic will win his party more seats in parliament.

Family members exchange photographs of their lost loved ones in the lobby of the Akin Gump law firm offices on Thursday in Manhattan, NY. The family members and victims gave statements to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court with the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma LP, present on Thursday.

For the first time, victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family

The Sacklers, who own Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, have maintained they did nothing wrong. People who lost loved ones and years of their lives to opioid addiction believe otherwise.

How a Ukrainian hospital, still recovering from COVID, pivoted to a new crisis: war

Once war began in Ukraine, COVID ceased being the top-level medical concern. NPR's Scott Detrow spent 24 hours with a doctor doing everything he can to help with a whole new overwhelming crisis.

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