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A divided Senate has voted to start debating Democrats’ election-year economic bill.

An emergency housing voucher program offers improvements to the decades-old federal solution to the housing affordability crisis, but landlord reluctance remains a crucial hurdle.

Nick Herrmann, who battled back from a cancerous tumor in his left leg to help Torrey Pines High School win a basketball championship and committed to play for Cal State Northridge, has died at age 20 after a second cancer fight.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

California's last operating nuclear power plant could get a second lease on life.

The federal U-Visa program provides a lifeline to undocumented immigrants who cooperate with police in crime investigations.

Veteran journalist Terence Shepherd comes to KPBS from South Florida, where he served as news director of WLRN, an NPR affiliate in Miami.

In a statement after the Senate passed the roughly $700 billion bill, the president said "doing the important thing almost always" requires compromises.

Following the Supreme Court's decision, Carlie Brown and Molly Pela rescheduled their wedding for nine months earlier. They fear that without federal protections, their family remains vulnerable.

GBS is a very rare autoimmune disorder that affects the body’s peripheral nerves located outside the brain and spinal cord. GBS affects both genders, all ages, and all ethnic groups. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP,) is characterized by progressive weakness and sensory loss in the patient’s arms and legs. CIDP is frequently not self-limiting and, if left untreated, may progress to wheelchair dependence. Walk & Roll is the GBS|CIDP Foundation’s signature community events designed to create awareness of GBS, CIDP and Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN.). Walk & Roll is a free event held in cities all across the US and bring together patients, family members and caregivers. All funds raised through the Walk & Roll program will support research initiatives for treatments, diagnostic efficiency and genetic inheritance for GBS, CIDP and its variants. GBS|CIDP Foundation International will be holding its Annual Walk & Roll event on Saturday, November 20 at the Coronado Tidelands Park. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and walk starts at 10 a.m. Register here for free! For sponsorship opportunities please contact Lizz Russell Parker at alizzrussellboutique@gmail.com or Pamela Franks, Walk & Roll Coordinator for the GBS|CIDP Foundation International at 610.667.0131 x 25 or by email at Pamela.Franks@gbs-cidp.org. For more information, please visit the Walk & Roll 2021 website.