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More than social media: The WhatsApp outage affected small businesses worldwide

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ayman El Tarabishy, professor at George Washington University, about how Facebook's outage earlier this week halted work for businesses who rely on WhatsApp worldwide.

New Shutdown Orders Put Otay Mesa Business Owners 'Weeks' From Closing Permanently

Mario Gastelum first closed his Otay Mesa business, Cristina Herrera Hair Salon, in March. It reopened this summer and after building the business back up, now it’s closed again as part of the state of California's latest shutdown orders. He estimated he has enough money to keep the business afloat for seven weeks without income.

Gary Chambers Jr., pictured in January 2021, is running for one of Louisiana's seats in the U.S. Senate. He's made headlines with his first two campaign ads.

La. Senate candidate Gary Chambers burns a Confederate flag in his new campaign ad

The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Louisiana made headlines last month by smoking marijuana in a campaign ad. Now he's back with another lighter and a message about gerrymandering.

Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson speaks as (L-R) U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) look on after passage of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.

Congress approves bill to end forced arbitration in sexual assault cases

The bipartisan bill bans employers from inserting provisions in contracts that require individuals who allege claims of sexual assault or harassment to go through a secretive process.

Police push protesters back on Saturday in Ottawa, the Canadian capital. After making more than 100 arrests on Friday, police resumed their work to clear the protesters who oppose many of Canada's COVID-19 restrictions.

Police clear protesters around Canada's Parliament building

Police in Ottawa have made 170 arrests so far as they work to clear the streets in Canada's capital city. Protests against COVID-19 restrictions have spread across Canada in recent weeks.

This photo shows the Australian Navy's HMAS Adelaide docked at Vuna Wharf in Tonga's capital Nukualofa on January 26 to deliver aid following the January 15 eruption of the nearby Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai underwater volcano. Tonga's deputy chief of mission in Australia Curtis Tu'ihalangingie told Reuters that the infected dock workers were not at the same wharf the HMAS Adelaide docked at.

Tonga enters lockdown after first community transmitted COVID-19 cases detected

Two wharf workers tested positive Tuesday. The Ministry of Health has been testing workers there amid international aid shipments after last month's volcanic eruption.

Melissa Villaseñor discusses the Mexican-American experience with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Mexican Roots

Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and guests Mario Lopez and Melissa Villasenor look at the Mexican American experience as seen through the lens of two families.

Luna Li's debut album, <em>Duality</em>, bridges her identity as a classical musician and dreampop singer.

On her debut album 'Duality,' Luna Li finds a sense of belonging between two worlds

Luna Li's debut album is an orchestral, dreamy ode to loneliness and an intense desire for belonging.

Vladimir Benc carries packages at a warehouse in Presov, Slovakia.

A Slovak man wanted to take donations to Ukraine. He ended up leading convoys of aid

Alarmed by the humanitarian crisis caused by Russia's invasion, an economist in Slovakia gathered food and clothes from friends — and found himself leading a convoy carrying tons of aid into Ukraine.

"Someone's Roof" by Jonny Alexander will be on view at Swish Projects beginning Mar. 18, 2022.

San Diego weekend arts events: Music for Ukraine, Jonny Alexander, 'Belonging,' Space 4 Art and more

This weekend in the arts: Spreckels Organ Society plays a concert tribute to Ukraine; Jonny Alexander at Swish; 50 years of San Diego Dance Theater; Word Up! returns to The Old Globe; Nathan Hubbard pairs Dorothea Grossman poetry with sound; Space 4 Art open studios; and "Retelling/Recontar."

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