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Industry insiders and a lucky few will get a taste of what's in store at this year's Comic-Con International convention tonight during Preview Night. Attendees at Comic-Con's Preview night will experience special programming, screenings and get the first look at the main exhibit hall at the San Diego Convention Center.

Tornadoes have killed at least 530 people in the U.S. this year. But researchers say they are working on new detection and forecasting technologies that could help reduce tornado deaths in the future.

Though he spent years as a Southern Baptist minister, the former Arkansas governor says he always considered politics his calling.

Airs Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

A newly excavated site in central Texas contains evidence that the first human settlers in the Lone Star state arrived more than 15,000 years ago — that's more than 2,000 years earlier than scientists originally thought.

The President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, Wayne Pacelle, joins us today to talk about the biggest threats currently facing animals in the U.S. We also speak to Pacelle about his new book "The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them."

The shuttle Endeavour blasted off early Tuesday on what is to be its longest space station mission ever — a 16-day trip to build a Canadian robot and construct part of a Japanese science module. Endeavour's departure marked the second successful launch of a shuttle in just over a month's time.

Like other shorelines around the world, San Diego County's coast is at risk of being swallowed by the ocean. UC San Diego researchers say the sandy beaches we walk on today could be gone in our lifeti

San Diego Unified School District officials say more sophisticated data analysis was critical in helping students do better on state standardized tests.

Even before votes were counted in Egypt's first competitive presidential election, military leaders effectively seized control of the country. The ruling military council granted itself broad powers over the government, including budget control, immunity from oversight and the power to declare war.