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Meet the "nontraditional" college students of today. From left: Evan Spencer, Kim Embe, Bailey Nowak, Diana Platas and Eric Ramos.

For These Young, Nontraditional College Students, Adulting Is A Requirement

They are early risers and hard workers. Some are the first in their family to go to college. Many are financially independent from their parents. Meet the "nontraditional" college students of today.

Oldest Person In U.S. Has Died

114-year-old Lessie Brown died Tuesday at her home in Cleveland Heights. Family members attributed her longevity to her love of sweet potatoes. "I don't think that's it," Brown told media in 2013.

Raveena's debut album, Lucid, is comforting but nuanced, balancing cultures old and new by mashing up contemporary R&B with traditions from the South Asian diaspora.

Make Room For Raveena

On her debut album, Lucid, the 25-year-old singer mashes up contemporary R&B with traditions from the South Asian diaspora. "I just think there's room for more stories."

Arek Hersh, Holocaust survivor, with travel host and rail expert, Chris Tarrant at Auschwitz, with the "gate of death" behind them. Tarrant takes a journey through Germany and central Europe as he explores how rail travel was used to facilitate the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust of WWII in "Hitler's Holocaust Railways."

Hitler's Holocaust Railways

Airs Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 8 p.m. & Wednesday, May 8 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, May 11 at 5 p.m. & Sunday, May 12 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, addresses the media during a news conference at a refugee resettling agency in Toronto on Jan. 15. She pledged to "work in support of freedom for women around the world, the same freedom I experienced on the first day I arrived in Canada."

Saudi Kingdom Tries To Prevent More Women From Fleeing

The case of an 18-year-old refugee in Canada will embolden other Saudi women to follow suit, experts say. Saudi officials have launched a campaign to stop that from happening.

Joseph Haquang, one of the photographers whose work is being displayed in the "Little Saigon Stories" exhibition, poses with a photo at the pop-up gallery location on April 25, 2019.

Little Saigon Welcomes Visitors For Art, Food And Tours

Little Saigon will be welcoming visitors on April 27 to honor San Diego's Vietnamese American community.

Linda Fairstein, seen at an event in New York City in 2004, parlayed her fame as a prosecutor into a prolific run as a crime novelist.

Linda Fairstein, Former 'Central Park 5' Prosecutor, Dropped By Her Publisher

Fairstein, who oversaw the case against five teens wrongfully convicted of rape, has become a novelist since leaving the courtroom. But a Netflix series is stirring controversy over her former role.

Mourners gathered in 2016 at a makeshift memorial in San Bernardino, Calif., for the victims of the 2015 mass shooting.

Judge Dismisses San Bernardino Shooting Lawsuit Against Facebook, Google, Twitter

Family members and victims of the 2015 mass shooting in California had accused the tech companies of knowingly supporting ISIS and helping the group spread its radical beliefs.

In this Saturday, June 23, 2018, file photo, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent walks between vehicles outside the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas.

Premature Baby Found In Border Patrol Facility In Texas

The teenage girl with pigtail braids was hunched over in a wheelchair and holding a bunched sweatshirt when an immigrant advocate met her at a crowded Border Patrol facility in Texas.

A man waits for a taxi in Beijing as news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) being greeted in Pyongyang by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is shown on a large screen outside a shopping mall.

China's Xi Visits Kim In Pyongyang, With An Eye Toward Talks With Trump

The two countries are marking the 70th anniversary of their establishment of diplomatic relations. But some experts believe Xi Jinping's trip has another purpose.

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