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On a November afternoon sisters Raegan and Rylyn Richins sit at their picnic table in their backyard in a Kentucky county holding signs they just painted.

'Be Kind': Tween Kentucky Sisters Hope Campaign Will Spark A Wave Of Kindness

Raegan and Rylyn Richins make "Be Kind" yard signs and donate the proceeds to local charities. "We felt that every place could use more kindness because there's never too much kindness," Reagan says.

Demonstrators against the Trump administration's push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April.

Census Bureau Finds Latinos, Asians Sensitive To Now-Blocked Citizenship Question

The question would have likely lowered census response rates in some areas, according to the Census Bureau's final report on its experiment testing public reaction to the controversial inquiry.

INDEPENDENT LENS: A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem

Stream or tune in Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Director William Friedkin with actress Linda Blair on the set of "The Exorcist."

'Leap Of Faith' Takes A Deep Dive Into 'The Exorcist'

Director William Friedkin dissects his film in new documentary

The death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25 sparked protests and tributes in Minneapolis and across the country. All four officers involved were fired and now face criminal charges.

3rd Ex-Police Officer Charged In George Floyd's Death Released From Jail On Bond

With Tou Thao's release on Saturday, three of the four former officers involved in George Floyd's death are free on bond. All face criminal charges, and one remains in custody.

Indigenous healthcare workers wearing PPE treat patients at the Indian campaign hospital set up in the Parque das Tribos neighborhood of Manaus, Brazil, on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Severe oxygen shortages at hospitals in Brazil's Amazon prompted local authorities to impose a curfew and airlift patients to other states to deal with the onslaught of a second coronavirus wave.

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil

They don't yet understand why the coronavirus variant called P.1 has spread so explosively there. Its set of mutations seem especially dangerous. And this week P.1 was confirmed in the U.S.

President Biden, with Vice President Harris behind him, speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday.

The COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed. What's Biden's Next Big Move?

Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion bill on a party-line vote, and Republicans do not appear ready to compromise on infrastructure, voting rights, the minimum wage, immigration or much else.

People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, marking the two-year anniversary of his death last October.

U.S. Intelligence: Saudi Crown Prince Approved Operation To Kill Jamal Khashoggi

The report will likely damage the already complicated relations between the traditional allies. Khashoggi was killed during a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

Yard signs for City Council candidates Marni Von Wilpert and Joe Leventhal appear in undated photos.

Von Wilpert Leading Levanthal In Race For San Diego City Council District 5 Seat

Democrat Marni Von Wilpert, a San Diego deputy city attorney, is running against Joe Leventhal, a Republican lawyer. Both are political newcomers, and if Von Wilpert wins it would further strengthen the Democrats' hold on City Council.

File photo of then-UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox at the Funders' Day celebration, Nov. 18, 2010.

UCSD's First Female Chancellor Marye Anne Fox Dies At Age 73

Under her leadership, UCSD completed a billion-dollar capital campaign, celebrated its 50th anniversary and expanded the campus to accommodate student growth and a billion-dollar research enterprise.

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