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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.

Gas prices at an Arco Station near San Diego State University, May 17, 2019.

California Gas Tax Rises Another 6 Cents A Gallon Monday

California’s nation-leading gas prices are set to climb even higher Monday, when the state gas tax increases another 5.6 cents a gallon.

Nationally, drug overdose deaths reached record levels in 2017, when a group protested in New York City on Overdose Awareness Day on August 31. Deaths appear to have declined slightly in 2018, based on provisional numbers, but nearly 68,000 people still died.

U.S. Overdose Deaths Dipped In 2018, But Some States Saw 'Devastating' Increases

Provisional overdose data for 2018 show a note of hope in an overall bleak picture. But in some states, the numbers actually got worse. What explains the disparities?

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

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.

A Traditional Proposal

David Bejarano is a well-known San Diego lawman. But his life here bloomed from pure romance.

Families outside of the Al Noor Mosque, one of two targeted in the March 15th shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Accused Shooter In New Zealand Mosque Attacks Charged With Terrorism

New Zealand police charged Brenton Tarrant, an Australian citizen, under the Terrorism Suppression Act. He also faces charges of 51 counts of murder and 40 counts of attempted murder.

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.

Deah Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, were killed in February of 2015.

N.C. Man Pleads Guilty To Killing 3 Muslim College Students; Video Is Played In Court

Prosecutors played a cellphone video from the night of the killings. Two of the victims were a married couple, hoping to work in dentistry; the third was attending N.C. State.

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.

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