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The role of military veterans in extremist groups has surfaced in disturbing ways recently. It’s not only the public that’s been caught off-guard by these events. Veterans groups have been slow to grasp the impact of extremist and hateful ideology on their fellow vets. KPBS Midday Edition brings you a special program on the issue of violent extremism among America’s veterans with expert panelists who offer suggestions for confronting the problem.

Bad weather around the U.S. has caused delays for some COVID-19 shipments that were expected to arrive this week in San Diego County. Plus: Fernando Tatis Jr. will be a Padre for a very, very, very long time and more local news you need.

It's a simple game to guess a five-letter word. People on social media have been very enthusiastic about sharing how well they did.

A divorced Pennsylvania couple could not agree on whether to vaccinate their children — and ended up in court. Since the vaccine was approved for kids, cases like these have skyrocketed in the state.

The progress that newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón was elected to make is facing obstacles, including a lawsuit filed by his own prosecutors.

Some 72% of Americans have confidence in the Ukrainian president's handling of world affairs, a Pew Research Center survey finds. Meanwhile, just 48% say the same about U.S. President Biden.

The comedian's husband has been a primary source of her popular specials. But when writing about the Asian American couple's split, some news outlets used photos of Asian American actor Randall Park.

The recent attack of an 83-year-old Filipino women in San Diego last week is being seen as part of a string of attacks nationwide against Asian Americans, and advocates say that until we have a better accounting of hate crimes in the country we won’t know the true extent of the problem.

The state of California has started a commission to study reparations for African Americans Adisa Alkebulan is a professor of Africana Studies at SDSU. He joined Midday Edition to talk about the statewide effort and make the case for reparations.

Nathan Fletcher, the chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, was chastised last week by members of the Santee City Council over his remarks about leaders of the movement to recall Governor Gavin Newsom.