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Kravchuk led Ukraine as its Communist Party boss in the waning years of the Soviet Union. He played a pivotal role in the demise of the USSR before holding the Ukrainian presidency from 1991 to 1994.

In a unanimous decision last week, the California Supreme court ruled that keeping people behind bars simply because they cannot pay a set bail amount is unconstitutional. Voters last November defeated a measure to eliminate cash bail in California and replace it with a system of risk assessment and supervision. The Supreme court ruling does not eliminate bail, but restricts its implementation based on the resources of the accused.

The massive failure of California’s unemployment insurance program during the pandemic has highlighted yet again the state’s outdated technology. Billions of dollars were lost to fraud as people in need of help waited weeks for relief. But despite these public failings, or maybe because of them, there’s a push at the highest levels of state government to change how California goes about procuring and updating its technology.

Reverentially known as Pandit ("teacher"), Shivkumar Sharma took the hammered dulcimer from humble folk instrument to classical concert stages around the world. He died Tuesday in Mumbai.

Stanford researchers uncovered more than 1,000 of these LinkedIn profiles. A technology that has been used to promote misinformation online has now entered the corporate world.

NPR spoke to five Ukrainian civilians who were detained, deported and subject to what human rights advocates call enforced disappearance.

San Diego sports fans have reason to celebrate, as today marks not only opening day for the Padres season, but a return to in-person seating at Petco Park. And while fans can return in limited numbers, the cost of attendance won’t come cheap. The most modestly priced opening day tickets are listed for multiple hundreds of dollars - with prices surging in the thousands on the secondary market.

Sarah Clements was 16 when she began pushing for stricter gun laws after the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Since the recent mass shootings, she says the work is more dire and more difficult.

Experts worry a devastating wildfire in New Mexico, partly started by a controlled burn that got out of control, may create a backlash against this important forest management tool.

Early voting begins today in the special election to fill the 79th district state assembly seat. The seat used to belong to Dr. Shirley Weber, now the Secretary of State. Meanwhile, San Diego county and Mexico are working together on opening a new vaccination site downtown at the Mexican Consulate. Plus, South bay women leaders in healthcare get honored for their work during the pandemic.