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A few dozen high schools across the U.S. combine education with treatment for substance use disorders to keep kids in recovery — and in school.

New research suggests that vocal fry among toothed whales is what gives them the ability to echolocate, hunting down their prey with the loudest sounds produced by any animal on the planet.

Demonstrations in Iran continue to grow. Protesters tell us about the change they want and what's next for their movement.

Last month's rates compare with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 4.1% for California and 3.8% for the nation during the same period.

A luxury leather goods manufacturer in the Burgundy region has hired two dozen Ukrainians since the war began. The CEO says it's partly because he can't find enough French workers to fill the jobs.

Sales of super-efficient electric heat pumps are rising in the U.S. But what are heat pumps? And why do some call them a key climate solution?

A bill to repeal authorization of the use of force in Iraq has cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate. A final vote in the chamber could come near 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

The new weight-loss drugs can be life-changing for people facing health conditions worsened by obesity, but price and spotty insurance coverage may keep them out of reach.

In announcing his bid in a video Tuesday, President Biden says he cast his decision to run again as a fight for personal freedoms.

Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app + Encores Friday, March 14 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, March 17 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Meet a man who is saving bits of San Diego’s film and photographic history one image at a time; see a grateful city pay tribute to the creator of its local landmark; find an ageless mechanic with a most particular specialty, and identify some local “islands” that aren’t islands at all.