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On Midday Edition Thursday, we check out a new novella by author Nnedi Okorafor.

The high court said Wednesday it will review a challenge submitted by TikTok asking for the overturn of a law that could ban the video-sharing app by Jan 19.

The city of Los Angeles declared a state of emergency Tuesday night as strong winds spurred the rapid spread of two wildfires in separate areas of the foothills on the northern edges of the city.

A study of cells from 84 brains finds that Alzheimer's has two distinct phases, and that one type of neuron is especially vulnerable.

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs spoke to KPBS about what to expect from Washington in the upcoming months.

The mission to take four astronauts on a trip around the moon and back, previously targeting a launch at the end of 2025, has been delayed until at least April, 2026.

Illume Speaker Series Knapp Lecture Beyond the Standard Western Diet: Why Fixing Global Food Systems Requires a New Confrontation with Animal Agriculture David Clough, PhD, FHEA | Knapp Chair of Liberal Arts Wednesday, November 20, at 5:30 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Mother Rosalie Hill Hall David Clough, PhD, chairs the Department of Theology and Applied Sciences at the University of Aberdeen and is an internationally leading scholar in Christian theology and ethics, with a particular focus on Christian thinking and practice in relation to the more-than-human world. This lecture will draw on Dr. Clough’s experiences as the principal investigator of an interdisciplinary team that completed a $700,000 four-year UK government-funded project on the Christian ethics of farmed animal welfare, and his assemblage of an even more interdisciplinary team to execute a project on the Christian ethics of food systems with an anticipated budget of $1.9 million. Stream past lectures on YouTube

The New York police commissioner also said investigators matched Luigi Mangione's fingerprints with those found on items near the scene where the UnitedHealthcare CEO was fatally shot last week.

An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well.

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.