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A gang leader who controls a key port in Haiti's capital is accused of massacring older people and Vodou religious leaders to avenge his son's death.

A new CDC report shows at least 16,000 lives were saved over a 12-month period. Experts say the U.S. is experiencing the biggest drop in fatal overdoses seen since the opioid crisis began in the 90s.

Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Tuesdays, Aug. 5 -19, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world. He made his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, rich and famous. But the writer came to hate his fictional character. Through the changing world of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, Lucy Worsley explores why.

California has officially set aside $12 million for the descendants of people who were enslaved under the United States’ race-based system of chattel slavery. We learn about what's next.

The Original 40 Brewing Company is hosting the Hoppy Hoedown on Sunday, July 28 from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m., and the country western-themed afternoon features the famed Rancher Hat Bar out of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Folsom, California, Guests can make their own custom cowboy and trucker hats in Rancher’s only scheduled San Diego appearance this year. The festivities also include a one-day-only specialty menu of a Western Cheeseburger, BBQ ribs, onion rings, and more, while pints of Mexican lager will be discounted to $5 during the event. A photo station with bales of hay will also be available at the North Park brewpub, while country music will be played throughout the afternoon. Other pop-up vendors include Black&Grey Atelier for flash tattoos and Mila North Park for Western clothing and boots. Visit: Original 40 Brewing Original 40 Brewing on Instagram and Facebook

In 2021, just 16% of Sequoia Elementary School’s third grade class met the state standard. Now, as fifth graders, more than half do.

Director Barry Jenkins is best known for films like Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk. On NPR's Wild Card, he opens up about where he felt the safest as a kid.

LaJuné is a Multidisciplinary Artist, and Educator creating art that integrates performance, extended reality, and physical computing to question our contemporary forms of communication. They are passionate about discovering, learning, manifesting, and stewarding spaces for liberated Black Realities and the Black Imagination. LaJuné has had the opportunity to show and speak about their work at National Sawdust, Tribeca Film Festival, Times Square, and Art & Code's Weird Reality. LaJuné was previously the Director of Skating at Figure Skating in Harlem, where they integrated STEAM and Figure Skating to teach girls of color about movement and technology. They have continued their research on Blackness, movement, and technology during residencies and fellowships at the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, Eyebeam, Pioneer Works, NYU ITP, Barbarian Group, and Barnard College. Cosponsored by UCSD Black Studies Project as part of their Black Visual and Performance Art Series. For more information visit: visarts.ucsd.edu Stay Connected on Instagram

DePrince, born in Sierra Leone, lost both her parents during the country's civil war. She became the youngest principal dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem and later joined the Boston Ballet.

The Afghanistan Memory Home Museum shares details and belongings from those who've died in conflict. It shut its doors when the Taliban took power, buried much of its collection — but has now reemerged.