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Rule Change Gives Laid-Off Workers More Time To Sign Up For COBRA Insurance

People who lose their job-based health plan usually get 60 days to decide to continue it — and pay more — under federal rules. But a recent pandemic-related rule change allows more decision time.

In November 2016, Congressman John Lewis viewed for the first time images and his arrest record from a March 5, 1963, nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segregated lunch counters.

Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Never Gave Up Or Gave In

The longtime Georgia congressman died Friday of pancreatic cancer. Lewis, who devoted his life to activism and the civil rights movement, was known as "the conscience of the Congress."

Rubén Tejada of the Toronto Blue Jays is pictured at an intrasquad game at Rogers Centre earlier this month in Toronto. The team received permission for preseason training at the stadium but the Canadian government will not allow regular season games in Canada.

Canada Says No To Home Games For Toronto Blue Jays

The Canadian government told the baseball team that the coronavirus would make it unsafe for players to travel between the U.S. and Canada. All MLB teams are set to begin games without fans.

President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The civil rights giant died Friday.

In Tributes, John Lewis Remembered As An American Hero

Lawmakers from across the political spectrum remembered Rep. John Lewis as a man who embodied the best of American ideals and a stalwart champion for civil rights.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks in Dunmore, Pa., on July 9, at one of the few in-person events he's holding. Despite a low-key approach to campaigning, he's built a lead over President Trump in key battleground states.

'Sleepy Joe'? Trump's Insult May Reveal Biden's Advantage

Joe Biden is nowhere near as visible as Donald Trump, and yet polls show the Democrat's numbers overshadowing the president in every key battleground state.

A mother and son seeking asylum in the U.S. wait in a plaza in Tijuana, July 25, 2019.

Asylum Rules Test Trump's Legal Skills To Make New Policy

Critics of the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of rules to restrict asylum in the United States have sent in a deluge of comments opposing the effort. They hope an old law that serves as a check on presidential power will weaken or even doom it.

View from the grandstand at the Del Mar racetrack, July 11, 2017.

Del Mar Adds Extra Day To Racing Weekend To Make Up For COVID-19 Cancellations

Racing is slated to resume July 24 in what will now be a four-day race week, adding Monday, July 27, to account for the lost weekend.

Workers at the Field Fresh Farms in Gonzales, Calif. (undated photo)

FRONTLINE: Covid's Hidden Toll

Stream now or tune in Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

The Rev. C.T. Vivian, seen in a 2012 portrait at his Atlanta home, has died at the age of 95.

C.T. Vivian, Civil Rights Leader And Champion Of Nonviolent Action, Dies At 95

A key ally of Martin Luther King Jr., Vivian was one of the major organizers of the civil rights movement. His work took him across the South, and through it all, the minister preached nonviolence.

Coronavirus forced Comic-Con to cancel its annual summer pop culture convention and move it online as Comic-Con@Home.

Pop-Culture Phenomenon Goes Digital With Comic-Con@Home

Exhibitors talk about going online plus highlights of panels

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