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In this Feb. 17, 2008 file photo, Jack in the Box customers gather in its parking lot in Los Angeles.

California lawmakers approve landmark fast food workers bill

California lawmakers have approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections.

Students on campus at the University of Michigan.

Colleges ease COVID-19 restrictions as fall semester begins for millions of students

Requirements to test and mask and be vaccinated are becoming less common as colleges shift away from treating COVID-19 as an emergency.

Migrants from Venezuela, who boarded a bus in Del Rio, Texas, disembark within view of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on August 2.

GOP governors sent buses of migrants to D.C. and NYC — with no plan for what's next

For months, governors of Texas and Arizona have been sending charter buses full of migrants to Washington, D.C., and now New York City. Neither local nor federal officials greet them when they arrive.

KPBS reporter John Carroll is shown interacting with a screen at the WNDR Museum on Jan. 17, 2023.

New museum promises to awaken a sense of wonder

The WNDR Museum opened on Market Street in the Gaslamp Quarter.

First-grade teacher Leticia Denoya uses puppets, as part of the Feel Your Best Self program developed at the University of Connecticut, to help students deal with emotions.

In one first-grade classroom, puppets teach children to 'shake out the yuck'

A new program being piloted in a handful of Connecticut classrooms, called Feel Your Best Self, is using the joy of puppetry to teach children how to manage their feelings and empathize with others.

John Mulaney talks about his "star-studded intervention" in his new special.

In 'Baby J,' John Mulaney's jokes are all at the expense of one person: John Mulaney

The new Netflix comedy special focuses almost entirely on stories about a guy who acts like a foolish, self-destructive doofus: John Mulaney as he entered rehab.

Demonstrators march and gather near the state capitol following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Austin, Texas.

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order allowing the procedure to resume in some cases.

A 1976 portrait of the singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. He died Tuesday at age 96.

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96

The iconic and barrier-breaking performer died Tuesday of congestive heart failure.

In this Jan. 20, 2001, file photo, standing in the rain, President George W. Bush waves as he watches his inaugural parade pass by the White House viewing stand in Washington, Saturday afternoon, Jan. 20, 2001. With him are his wife and first lady Laura Bush and his father, former President George H.W. Bush.

Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U.S. presidents, data shows

There have been five presidents who won the electoral vote but not the popular vote, including George W. Bush and Donald Trump.

Chicago police officers arrive at the scene of a May 19 mass shooting outside a McDonald's restaurant.

In Chicago, handguns turned into high-capacity machine guns fuel deadly violence

A thumbnail-size "switch" turns a gun from semi-automatic to automatic. Authorities see a correlation between an uptick in mass shootings and the rise of switch-equipped guns and extended magazines.

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