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Anna Conkey in an undated KPBS file photo.

Woman Charged For Allegedly Threatening Easter Services With Gun

A woman who walked into a church service in Clairemont on Easter Sunday and allegedly made violent threats while carrying a gun and her 10-month-old baby was charged Wednesday with nine felony and misdemeanor counts.

Report: Women Everywhere Don't Know Enough About Ovarian Cancer

A new study shows that slow rates of diagnosis and delayed access to treatment are the norm around the world.

Rancher Dave Creveling believes the cost of a new Washington state carbon fee would be passed along to rural people like him if voters approve it.

Washington State Could Become The First To Charge A Carbon Fee

A proposed fee of $15 per ton of carbon emissions in Washington state has several exemptions for large emitters, and has rural voters afraid they'll end up paying.

The sun begins to rise behind the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, the first day of the high court's new session.

This Supreme Court Case Could Radically Reshape Politics

Wisconsin Republicans lost the 2012 election overall but won 60 percent of the legislative seats. They did it through extreme partisan gerrymandering. The court will weigh how far is too far.

Groundhog Club co-handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 132nd celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.

Groundhog Day 2019: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts An Early Spring

Phil, the famous groundhog, did not see his shadow, meaning an early spring is upon us.

Tuberculosis patients convalesce at Vauclain Tuberculosis Sanitorium in San Diego in this undated photo.

How The 'Invalid Trade' Helped Build San Diego

In the late 19th century, San Diego pitched itself to the rest of the country as a place to get well.

Firefighters monitor the Thomas fire as it burns through Los Padres National Forest near Ojai, Calif., Dec. 8, 2017.

Even Without El Nino Last Year, Earth Keeps On Warming

Earth last year wasn't quite as hot as 2016's record-shattering mark, but it ranked second or third, depending on who was counting.

Krisel said he wouldn't like to live in the desert, "but I like it as a locale for my architecture." Above, one of his designs perched on a mountain in California.

William Krisel, Architect Who Helped Define California Modernism, Dies At 92

Krisel is particularly known for the scores of tract homes he designed in Palm Springs, which featured open floor plans, "butterfly" roofs and enough variation so they didn't look cookie-cutter.

Biochemical engineer Frances Arnold receives the Millennium Technology Prize 2016 during the awards ceremony in Helsinki, Finland. Arnold, an American, shares this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two others, another American, George P. Smith and the U.K.'s Sir Gregory P Winter.

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Honors Work That Demonstrates 'The Power Of Evolution'

An American woman, Frances H. Arnold, has won half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry, and George Smith of the U.S. and Sir Gregory Winter of the U.K. will share the other half.

Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering: The Supreme Court's Play In 3 Acts

The justices are hearing a case involving partisan gerrymandering for the second time this term. Now it's Democrats' turn to defend their plan.

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