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San Diego County public health officials reported 37 COVID-19-related deaths and 2,448 infections Wednesday, including one individual infected with a new, more contagious variant of the virus first discovered in the United Kingdom.

Last month, the Chinese player posted on social media that a former top Communist Party official had assaulted her a decade ago. She then dropped out of sight, prompting concerns for her safety.

Premieres Wednesdays, March 16 - April 6, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sundays, March 20 - April 10 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand now with KPBS Passport. This week: See the behind-the-scenes camerawork and logistics that made filming five expeditions possible. Working together, Steve and the team not only ventured into the unknown; they brought these epic journeys to the TV screen.

California hits a record number of fatalities from COVID-19 as a variant of the virus, first identified in the UK, is found in San Diego. Meanwhile, Governor Newsom announces a new plan to get California schools reopened early next year. Plus, while San Diego fumbles over a climate action plan, the city of Stockton has made some interesting developments in tackling climate change.

Ginni Thomas gave closed-door testimony to the House Jan. 6 panel about her communications with those pushing an effort to overturn the 2020 election results. Here, a look at Thomas and her activism.

After a mob of Trump loyalists attacked the U.S. Capitol building, the city of Washington, D.C. is declaring a state of emergency for the next two weeks. There are now calls for investigations into police conduct during the riot and how it was allowed to go as far as it did. Plus, reactions from local Congressional representatives who were there when everything went down. And, increasingly more and more people are calling for President Trump’s resignation or removal, but a local law professor says it’s not as simple as it sounds.

Navalny and eight of his allies — including top aides Lyubov Sobol and Georgy Alburov — were on Tuesday added to the registry by Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service.

An NPR analysis of security footage and photos following the attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant shows that many of the plant's critical safety systems were in the field of Russian fire.

A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested six in a continuing crackdown on dissent.

A second vaccine, this one from Moderna, has been approved for emergency use.