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The Winter Games kicked off Friday night in Beijing with an eye-catching but scaled-back opening ceremony.

Todd Gloria was officially sworn in today as San Diego’s 37th mayor along with the 73rd city council, bringing a Democratic supermajority to the council chambers. Plus, COVID-19 hospitalizations more than doubled from a month ago and hundreds more are expected in the next few weeks, raising concerns about the capacity to care for them all. Also, CA Notify is a new app-based tool now available to all Californians to alert them of potential exposure to COVID-19. In addition, thousands of veterans had their claims denied during the pandemic as the VA struggled to maintain the VA benefits process. Also, California’s new regional stay-at-home order allows for schools that had already opened their campuses to keep them open. But how safe is in-person learning? And, Five current and former Black employees have sued Southwestern College over alleged racial discrimination. Finally, Ed Kornhauser, a local jazz musician just released a debut album of original quartet music called "The Short Years," which dwells on the ephemeral nature of time.

In 2014, an anonymous whistleblower leaked a copy of a letter that allegedly revealed an Islamist plan to take over schools in one English city. A new podcast tells the story behind the fake document.

Martin Shkreli, who is serving a seven-year prison sentence for fraud, must return profits he and his former company reaped from raising the price of a lifesaving drug, a federal judge ruled.

Joe Biden is pushing closer to winning the presidency, as vote counts continue in battleground states two days after Election Day. President Donald Trump's path to reelection has become very narrow though still possible.

Medical facilities run by the Department of Veterans Affairs are reopening at a slower pace than many civilian health systems. But the VA has recently started to expand in-person care.

With a pandemic, political unrest and a contentious presidential election that may not be fully decided for days if not longer, perhaps you need some escape. Here is a list of the 10 best Hollywood films about politics.

The ousted leader, who has been detained since last February's military takeover, is already being tried on five other corruption charges. Each is punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a fine.

Encore Wednesdays, Aug. 7 and 14, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! By the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst controlled the largest media empire in the country: 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations, and 13 magazines. He used his communications stronghold to achieve political power unprecedented in the industry, then ran for office himself.

A new U.N. report finds that "more than two-thirds" of those who died were victims of extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates.