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Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.

Former President Donald Trump maintains a double-digit lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in local polls, but Iowa party leaders say Trump has left an opening for his rivals to gain some ground.

It's already harder to get an abortion in many places and access is likely to be limited more with the passage of new laws.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates traces the roots of actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis, uncovering records from workhouses in Scotland and slave plantations in South Carolina that reveal individuals who battled to build a better life for their families.

This weekend in the arts: "El Huracán" at Cygnet Theatre; Filipino American performance and art at New Americans Museum; "Electrification, Efficiency and Equity" at Art Produce; the San Diego Symphony's "Peltokoski, Thayer and Mozart" at California Center for the Arts Escondido and Southwestern College; "A Map Project" and "Excavation" at City College; Camarada at The Conrad; and "Lost in Translation" at the Central Library Art Gallery.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds 64% oppose laws that ban medication abortion — and confidence in the Supreme Court hits a new low.

President Biden approved Vermont's emergency declaration Tuesday morning as rescue teams in that state braced for more rain and flooding from a storm that left a trail of damage across the Northeast.

The built-in stairs lead to the belly of the plane. They're less photogenic than the tall, outdoor steps. But the sturdier stairs pose less of a health and political risk to the 80-year-old president.

Growing up in the South, Faust rejected the narrative she was fed about slavery and the Civil War. She writes about her journey to activism and becoming the president of Harvard in Necessary Trouble.

Some legal scholars and activists say an obscure provision of the Constitution, dating back to just after the Civil War, should disqualify Donald Trump from a second White House term.