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Universities and colleges are taking drastic measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Also, the San Diego Unified School District board has given its superintendent emergency powers.

Twitter released a new feature that detects potentially offensive replies on its service and asks users to review a message before sending.

Dev Patel as a knight of the Round Table, Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn, the mostly nonwhite casts of Bridgerton and Hamilton — all belong to a tradition that has its roots in live theater.

Stimulus checks are starting to roll out this week to millions of Americans with the goal of getting money to quickly circulate into the battered economy. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he doesn’t see California lifting coronavirus restrictions anytime in the near future and local authorities will have a “profound and outsize” influence on when that will happen. County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher talks about what that will mean here in San Diego. Plus, even with the shelter-in-place orders, law enforcement still needs to continue. How local police officers are handling the job with its new added danger. And, public health officials are supposed to give the public accurate and up-to-date information, but there have been several instances in the past month where that information was incorrect or contradictory. Finally, introducing a new pop-up podcast series on people who are doing creative and innovative things to keep the community connected through COVID-19 isolation.

There is a lot of information packed into the 300-page report on the origins of the pandemic released this week. Here are three key points that haven't received a great deal of media attention.

Reading's Grossmont Cinema is hosting a "Marty Party" and screening films by Martin Scorsese every Wednesday night in March.

On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered 40 million Californians to “stay at home.” And President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the shutdown of the U.S.-Mexico border for all non-essential traffic. All around the state, we'll be hunkered down, no school, no workplace, no restaurants, movie theaters, concerts — we'll just find ourselves at home. From morning to evening, dusk to dawn. And all the while, we're dealing with reports on the increase in Covid-19 cases. So the question is ... how are YOU coping?

The 38-year-old journalist, who worked for the Reuters news agency, died in southern Afghanistan during a clash between Taliban militiamen and Afghan troops with whom he was embedded.

An Islamic State affiliate says it was behind the attacks that killed at least 12 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghans. Here's what we know right now.

Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Can new emission-free electric planes replace our polluting airliners and revolutionize personal transportation in our cities? NOVA takes a ride in some quiet, energy-efficient, prototypes that are vying for success as electric flight takes off.