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The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Thursday and will send it to the House, less than 48 hours before money to run the federal government runs out.

Biden signs spending bill that averts government shutdown with 11 hours to spare

The House and Senate had approved an interim spending bill, which extends current funding until Dec. 16.

In this March 19, 2019, file photo, an iPad displays the types of free bets that could be placed at the Golden 1 Center's Skyloft Predictive Gaming Lounge in Sacramento, Calif. The campaign that could bring legalized sports betting to California has become the most expensive ballot-initiative fight in state history. Two rival proposals on the November ballot are pitting wealthy Indian tribes against FanDuel, DraftKings and other online gambling companies, in a contest over what could become the nation's most lucrative marketplace.

Fact checking ads for California’s sports betting propositions

The campaigns for Propositions 26 and 27 on this November’s ballot have made a wide variety of claims.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona appeared alongside President Biden when he announced his student loan relief plan on Aug. 24. On Thursday, the administration quietly changed its guidance around which borrowers qualify for this relief.

In a reversal, the Education Dept. is excluding many from student loan relief

The Biden administration has quietly changed its guidance to disqualify borrowers who have privately-held FFEL and Perkins loans.

Ichiye Ochi (right) with an unidentified friend is pictured in 1943 at a World War II Japanese American internment camp in Poston, Arizona.

The meaning of an apology, 80 years later

San Diego City Council voted unanimously in favor of a resolution that called for the FBI to remove Japanese Americans from the city.

For the Netflix adaption of <em>Blonde</em>, director Andrew Dominik says he went looking for "the meaning of Marilyn Monroe."

'Blonde' director says the unhappiness of Marilyn Monroe should come as no surprise

The Netflix adaptation reimagines the inner life of one of Hollywood's most enduring icons.

This photograph, taken on February 24, 2014 during an aerial survey mission by Greenpeace in Indonesia, shows cleared trees in a forest located in the concession of Karya Makmur Abadi, which was being developed for a palm oil plantation. Environmental group Greenpeace on February 26 accused US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble of aiding the destruction of Indonesian rainforests.

Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and monkeypox will become more common, experts say

Researchers say diseases that spread between humans and animals will become increasingly commonplace as human expansion into previously uninhabited areas intensifies.

'Healthcare Heroes' Exhibit

Explore San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum’s new "Our Town: Healthcare Heroes" exhibit sponsored by Palomar Health. Step into the world of doctors, nurses, and paramedics to experience a brand new exhibit filled with engaging, hands-on adventures in the wonderful world of healthcare! In the Healthcare Heroes exhibit you will have opportunities to: • Practice life skills by being a patient, doctor, EMT, receptionist, and more • Learn about your body by completing a life-size bone and organ puzzle • Examine patients with real medical tools and diagnose and treat their ailments • Tinker with special arts and crafts to learn how to keep your mind and body healthy Date | Opening on Tuesday, February 1 and available until November 30 Location | San Diego Children's Discovery Museum Get tickets to the SDCDM here! Access to the exhibit is included with museum admission. • Members: Free • Children under the age of 12 months: Free • Children and Adults: $9.50 • Military/Veterans: $6.50 • EBT/WIC/SNAP: $1 For more information, please visit sdcdm.org/healthcareheroes or call (760) 233-7755.

Farmworker Xochitl Nunez, labor leader Dolores Huerta and UFW President Teresa Romero lead a pilgrimage of thousands to the Capitol to urge Governor Gavin Newsom to sign AB2183, that would allow farmworkers to unionize by mail or card check. Sept. 26 2022.

California governor approves farmworker unionization law

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved one of the most contentious bills before him this year.

Host, Henry Louis Gates Jr., sits in the barbershop with Naneka Brathwaite, Bernard Lumpkin, Julee Wilson, Dennis Mitchell Jr. and Joseph Ravenell while shooting MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 15 and 22, 2023 at 10 p.m. and Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 6 a.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with KPBS Passport! A four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people—beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” Professor Gates sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today.

The return of tourism might not be enough to save Kyoto from its economic woes

As travel restrictions ease in Japan, the country's ancient former capital, Kyoto, is anticipating a return of tourists. But it may not be enough to save the city from its financial difficulties.

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