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A newly formed rebel alliance led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front is within striking distance of Addis Ababa. A failed state could displace millions of people and stoke more ethnic violence.

With county restaurants shuttered for indoor dining in response to a spike in local COVID-19 cases, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer said he will sign an emergency executive order that will waive regulatory requirements, allowing restaurants to expand their service into outdoor spaces, like sidewalks and even parking lots. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: COVID-19 numbers continue trending up, the San Diego City Council Tuesday approved a measure for the November ballot that if passed would change how San Diego Unified School District board members are elected and more local news you need.

President Biden's polls have plunged. As his agenda stalled, his party lost the Virginia gubernatorial race. The infrastructure win gives him some lift as he now tries to pass a much-tougher bill.

Is This a Room is based entirely on the transcript of the FBI interrogation of Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor who was imprisoned for leaking classified information.

New York City's new mayor, Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, says the unit will help curb gun violence and will be run differently than the original, which was ruled unconstitutional.

They include one man who told a family member he wanted to attend an event where he could shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on live television.

Unless the COVID numbers change, San Diego County could be forced to restrict more indoor business activities as soon as Monday. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: African Americans are disproportionately represented in the county's foster system and local leaders are working to fix that, San Diego officials are optimistic that a long-term fix to stop persistent cross-border sewage flows is close and more local news you need. Local beer resource: https://bit.ly/HelpSDbeer2

One thing we don’t know now, and might never know is exactly when the coronavirus first arrived in California, which has led to lots of people suspecting they may have had the virus before it was a thing in California. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to kill DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the zoo is reopening and more local news you need.

Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya told reporters that she was pleading for help from Japanese police at the airport and will not return home to Belarus.

San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher asked to speed up the creation of a non-law enforcement "Mobile Crisis Response Team" that would respond to nonviolent incidents countywide involving people with behavioral health crises.