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U.S. gymnast Mykayla Skinner performs on the vault during the gymnastics women's apparatus final at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

U.S. Gymnast MyKayla Skinner Medals In An Event She Didn't Expect To Compete In

Skinner was tapped to compete in the vault individual final after Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast in the world, withdrew from the competition to focus on her mental health.

The VA’s New Smoking Ban Is Sparking Complaints From Some Veterans And Employees

The VA has eliminated the designated smoking areas at its hospitals, clinics, and other buildings. It’s a difficult transition for some patients, visitors, and VA workers.

Crowds erupted in celebration in front of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts.

Crowds Erupt In Cheers In Minneapolis After Guilty Verdict

"George Floyd! Justice!" yelled the crowd gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center after the jury convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin.

Actor Grantham Coleman is Hamlet in The Old Globe's audio drama adaptation, "Hamlet on the Radio," which premieres on KPBS radio on Friday, Apr. 23, 2021.

Bringing The Sounds And Drama Of 'Hamlet' To The Radio

The Old Globe brings the politics, family sagas, ghosts and that epic sword fight in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" to radio audiences.

Artist Chitra Gopalakrishnan's painting, "Surface Tension," is a portrait of an armored woman using oil, acrylic and mirror paint on canvas, and will be on view with augmented reality animation beginning Apr. 24, 2021 at Hill Street Country Club.

The Steel-Plated Women Of Artist Chitra Gopalakrishnan

In a solo exhibition of new paintings and AR animation, Chitra Gopalakrishnan gives the women in her works their own armor.

The outside of the San Diego VA Medical Center is shown on Nov. 2, 2018.

Under fire from senators after inewsource investigation, VA promises better care for veterans

On Wednesday, lawmakers grilled the head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and asked him to explain questions raised in inewsource’s recent investigation about whether the VA is restricting veterans’ access to health care.

Dr. Jesse Clark is an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, Los Angeles. The COVID pandemic "has spurred people to try to end the HIV epidemic again," he says.

How COVID vaccines have boosted the development of an HIV vaccine

During the pandemic scientists launched a vaccine in record-breaking time. Their successful use of mRNA technology could lead to progress in the decades-long effort for an HIV inoculation.

An illustration shows medical student Elizabeth Blackwell at Geneva Medical College (later Hobart College) in upstate New York, as she eyes a note dropped onto her arm by a male student, during a lecture in the college's operating room.

'Doctors Blackwell' Tells The Story Of 2 Pioneering Sisters Who Changed Medicine

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in America to earn her medical degree. Her sister Emily followed in her footsteps. Janice Nimura tells the story of the "complicated, prickly" trailblazers.

The Supreme Court will hear its first major gun case since 2008.

Gun rights are back at the Supreme Court for the first time in more than a decade

The time long awaited by gun-rights advocates has come, as the conservative court examines how far a state may go in regulating an individual's right to carry a gun outside the home.

In this 2018 handout provided by NASA, the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket prepares to launch with the Parker Solar Probe onboard.

A NASA spacecraft has flown into the sun's atmosphere for the first time in history

The Parker Solar Probe's first passage through the corona, which lasted a few hours, is one of many that are planned for the mission, according to NASA. The next flyby is expected to occur in January.

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