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  • Embark on a journey to master your vehicle's care with confidence at the San Diego Public Library. This course empowers you to understand and manage your car's maintenance, fostering independence and proficiency. Discover essential techniques, gain valuable insights, and inspire your automotive journey with each lesson. This event is for high school youth and emerging adults (ages 18 - 25 years). Registration is encouraged. Visit: https://sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/automotive-maintenance-safety-418812
  • Stream Seasons 1 - 3 now with KPBS Passport / Encore Fridays, Sept. 12 - Oct. 17 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. Season 3 finds our tropical Indian hospital busy as ever, with several big new arrivals causing a stir. The team faces their most shocking case yet when one of their own nursing team—young, idealistic Jyoti Gill—survives a violent attack. Lydia and Nurse Mari are particularly affected and struggle to provide the care she needs.
  • When President Trump talks about his foreign policy, he often frames it as a business deal. He says much less about conventional diplomacy, like ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
  • Rates of the world's deadliest cancer appear to be low in sub-Saharan Africa. But that statistic is masking the scope of the disease, doctors say.
  • Travis Decker, an Army veteran versed in wilderness survival, had been missing since the bodies of this three young daughters were found at a Washington state campsite in early June.
  • Sequels, reboots, franchises, and songs that remake old songs! Does it feel like everything new in popular culture is just derivative of something else or something old? Contrary to popular belief, the reason is not audiences or marketing, but Wall Street. Join UCSD Media and Popular Culture professor Andrew deWaard for a stimulating discussion of his new book "Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture" and how hedge funds, asset managers, venture capitalists, private equity firms, and derivatives traders set the tone for the movies, TV, and popular music you enjoy. Professor deWaard shows us how the financial sector is destroying culture by upwardly redistributing wealth. He offers crucial analysis not just for people who oppose corporate behavior for ethical reasons or the takeover of our mediascapes that harms creativity and culture, but also for consumers who simply want to be entertained or have a good time. Visit: https://sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/derivative-media-how-wall-street-devours-culture-448731
  • Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal. Why is the additive, safely used since the 1930s, being questioned again?
  • The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
  • An Argentine judge ordered pretrial detention for two of the charged for suppling Payne with drugs. Prosecutors had filed initial charges against three people in November but didn't reveal their names.
  • Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker walkouts have had mixed success in the past — so what is there to gain?
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