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Coco Gauff, shown here at Wimbledon earlier this month, will not be compete at the Tokyo Olympics due to a positive coronavirus test.

U.S. Tennis Star Coco Gauff Tests Positive For Coronavirus And Will Miss Olympics

The 17-year-old was expected to lead the U.S. tennis team at the Tokyo Olympics. A positive coronavirus test has dashed her hopes of competing in the Games.

San Diego Wants To Be The Test Case For Faster Reopening

On Tuesday, San Diego County Supervisors decided to ask the state to let our county be a test case for an accelerated reopening. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: San Diego City Council members extended a moratorium on evictions for struggling renters and businesses, California blood banks are urgently asking COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma and more local news you need.

Reopening California

California Governor Gavin Newsom says the state will move into the second phase of his reopening plan as early as this Friday. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: San Diego City Council members started a week-long review of the proposed budget, an impending heat wave and more.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium, Monday, July 26, 2021.

N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women, State Investigation Finds

An investigation by state Attorney General Letitia James concluded that Cuomo engaged in "unwelcome and nonconsensual touching" with multiple current and former state government employees.

Angeline Murimirwa, executive director of the African girls' education group Camfed, at a pub in Oxford, England in 2018. In August, her group won the $2.5 million 2021 Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

Whatever Happened To ... The Woman Whose Mission Is To Get African Girls In School?

Angeline Murimirwa leads Camfed, a group that has given scholarships to 4.8 million girls in Africa. And now the group has been awarded the $2.5 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

San Diegans Making More On Unemployment Weigh Return To Work

The federal CARES Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020, provided jobless benefits of $600 per week to some workers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19. Some workers receiving both state and federal benefits are making more income than when they were working.

Former President Donald Trump, who was booted off Twitter and other social media platforms, is teasing the possibility of launching his own platform.

Trump Teases Starting His Own Social Media Platform. Here's Why It'd Be Tough

Banned from the likes of Twitter and Facebook, Trump says he may launch his own social media platform. But there are reasons to be skeptical that it could help him regain his once-ubiquitous presence.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters ahead of House passage of Democrats' Build Back Better Act, which now faces changes in the Senate.

Center-left group claims Democrats' spending package would save families thousands

A new report from the think tank Third Way found that a two-parent family of four would save up to $7,400 due to provisions of the Democrats' Build Back Better legislation.

A courtroom sketch of R. Kelly telling Judge Ann M. Donnelly he won't take the stand in his own defense.

R. Kelly's Federal Trial Is In The Hands Of The Jury

After six weeks of emotionally charged testimony, jury deliberation begins in the New York federal trial of disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly. If convicted he could spend 10 years to life in prison.

Trump Teases Starting His Own Social Media Platform. Here's Why It'd Be Tough

Banned from the likes of Twitter and Facebook, Trump says he may launch his own social media platform. But there are reasons to be skeptical that it could help him regain his once-ubiquitous presence.

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