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State TV has long been Russians' top news source. Now it's becoming the only word of record, presenting stories of "surgical" attacks on Ukrainian nationalists and threats of anti-Russian bioweapons.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Anastasia, a woman who lives and works in Moscow, about what life in Russia looks like since the country invaded Ukraine.

As thousands of asylum seekers await their chance to argue why they should be allowed to stay in the U.S., a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday could impact the outcome of some of their cases. Plus, out of the $200 million in rental relief San Diego received, only 2% of the money was spent as of May 2021. And California may see bigger, more destructive wildfires earlier in the summer because of the extreme drought hitting the state right now. Then, why the Racial Justice Coalition of San Diego feels their hard work has been erased by the city and county as they move to make police reforms in light of George Floyd’s murder and summer protests. Plus, some police reform advocates think Senate Bill 2 is a chance to hold police accountable. And, in continuing coverage of The San Diego Union-Tribunes Social Justice Reporting Project, we hear some of the stories from what the migrant caravan that traveled from Central America through Mexico in 2018. Finally, Arnett Moore is launching a one-man campaign: to get his aunt, the actress Juanita Moore, a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

For centuries, scientists and historians have wondered where the Black Death — the deadliest pandemic in recorded history — came from. New research sheds light on the ancient disease.

TCM Classic Film Festival holds its second Home Edition of the pandemic. Craig Barron and Ben Burtt are Oscar-winning artists who regularly host a panel exploring the special effects of old Hollywood movies. This year their panel goes online.

Lacy Crawford's is a searing story of injustice. Sexually assaulted at 15 years old, the author investigates her own past as society grapples with gender, power, and privilege - and the roiling depths of shame and guilt used to silence victims like herself. Crawford's 2020 book, "Notes on a Silencing," caused a storm of media coverage and an apology from her elite New England boarding school thirty years later. On September 30, the Coronado Public Library in partnership with Warwick's will host Crawford to discuss her book in the Winn Room. Admission is $40 and includes a luncheon and signed copy. Buy tickets at cplevents.org. Use credit card or PayPal. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library.

On Thursday, TCM Classic Film Festival kicks off its second home edition of the pandemic. Charles Tabesh, senior vice president in charge of programming at Turner Classic Movies and a programmer for the festival previews the event.

The pop star is returning to stages two years after releasing an acclaimed second album, Future Nostalgia, and being forced like everyone else to hunker down for the long chill.

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning.

The decision to close the store on College Avenue has left workers with less than a week's notice and resulted in them calling for a boycott of other Starbucks stores around the city.