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Countries under coronavirus lockdowns should only ease those restrictions if they can control new infections and trace contacts, the World Health Organization says. Here, Hashim, a health care worker, recently greeted his daughter through a glass door as they maintained social distance due to the COVID-19 outbreak in New Rochelle, N.Y.

WHO Sets 6 Conditions For Ending A Coronavirus Lockdown

The easing of shutdowns is a hot topic, as economic output is now stalled in many countries – including the U.S. But ending a shutdown too soon could backfire, the World Health Organization says.

A Big, Complicated Family — And Their Mistakes — In 'All Adults Here'

Emma Straub's new novel is about a woman who realizes, at age 68, that there are a lot of things she wishes she'd done differently in her life — and the choices and mistakes that shape her family.

The 1970 New York City Pride Parade commemorated an uprising at the The Stonewall Inn the year before.

New York City Celebrates 50 Years Of Pride Parades

The city's first parade celebrating LGBTQ identity took place a year after the Stonewall Uprising. Due to COVID-19, this year's event is virtual, featuring a 24-hour line up of global performances.

Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., assistant secretary for health in the U.S. Public Health Service, speaks during one of the daily briefings on COVID-19 last week.

Public Health Service Poised To Create A Ready Reserve To Fight The Coronavirus

The U.S. Public Health Service has won congressional authorization for a ready reserve of doctors and nurses to deploy across the country.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (left) and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are among those thought to be on Joe Biden's vice presidential shortlist.

As States Take Pandemic Lead, Biden Is Said To Weigh At Least 2 Governors For VP

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are among those thought to be on Joe Biden's vice presidential shortlist.

A special undercover report from China’s secretive Xinjiang region. Investigating the Communist regime’s mass imprisonment of Muslims, and its use and testing of sophisticated surveillance technology against the population.

FRONTLINE: China Undercover

Stream now or tune in Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2

President Trump is boasting of economic growth, but how much credit does he deserve?

FACT CHECK: President Trump's Record On Jobs And Stocks

President Trump bragged this week about job gains and a rising stock market. So what are the facts?

Feds To Investigate Pala Mesa Bus Rollover That Killed 3

Federal investigators are sending a team to the scene of a charter bus crash crash that killed three people and injured 18 others on a rain-slicked highway near San Diego, officials said Sunday.

A photo taken last month by Nairobi resident Osman Siddiqi shows One Africa Place, a bullet-shaped glass high-rise in Nairobi, framed by the jagged, snowcapped peaks of Mt. Kenya. Many Kenyans complained they had lived in Nairobi for years and had never spotted Mt. Kenya.

From Nairobi, A Rare, Clear Glimpse Of Mt. Kenya Drives Disbelief On Social Media

A photo on social media showing Africa's second-highest mountain from Nairobi made many Kenyans cry foul. But the photo is real and was shot on a day free of pollution, due to COVID-19 restrictions.

A vehicle drives into the Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego, Calif., June 9, 2017.

Immigration Detention Facilities Could Become Coronavirus Hot Spots

Advocates say the greatest risk of the spread of coronavirus doesn’t come from the detainees themselves, who have been kept isolated from the larger world for weeks and months, but from the guards and other employees at facilities.

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