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Political activist Angela Davis speaks onstage at the National Museum Of African American History and Culture last year in Washington, D.C.

Civil Rights Award Rescinded From Angela Davis After Jewish Community Objections

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute planned to honor the activist at a February event. It now says her statements and public record do not "meet all of the criteria on which the award is based."

This is the original Old Taylor Distilling Co. castle in 2016. At the time, the property was still under renovation.

Kentucky Distillers Scientifically Emulate A Century-Old Bottle Of Bourbon

A discovered pre-Prohibition bottle of Old Taylor, named after a whiskey world icon, inspired a distillery to use chromatography to examine the bourbon's murky past and try to recover its flavor.

Flowers at Anza-Borrego State Park during a "super bloom." March 5th, 2019.

Tens Of Thousands Converge On California 'Poppy Apocalypse'

Overwhelming crowds forced authorities to shut down viewing of a super bloom of poppies on hills around a small Southern California city.

Self-portrait from posthumously printed contact sheet, Los Angeles, date unknown.

AMERICAN MASTERS: Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable

Airs Friday, April 19, 2019 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Mourners carry the coffin of Ko Ni, a prominent Muslim lawyer who was shot dead in 2017. Ko Ni's killer was sentenced to death on Friday.

Gunmen Sentenced In The Death Of Myanmar Democracy Advocate Ko Ni

Ko Ni pushed for reform of the country's military-drafted constitution. A Muslim in the predominantly Buddhist country, he had just returned from a Jakarta visit to study interfaith peace.

The Academy Awards will have four award categories not aired live in the broadcast this year, which is drawing criticism from members of the movie industry.

Academy Defends Decision Not To Present 4 Awards Live

Some Hollywood luminaries have criticized truncating the broadcast of awards for best cinematography, film editing, live action short, and makeup and hairstyling. Some parts will be shown later.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, second from right, walks out with San Salvador Mayor Ernesto Muyshondtof, far left, after they visited the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero at Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, April 7, 2019. Behind are, from left, Karla Belismelis de Muyshondt, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California state Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo.

Newsom Says El Salvador Trip A Counter To Trump

California Gov. Gavin Newsom visit comes as President Donald Trump moves to cut millions of dollars in U.S. aid to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala and demands those three nations and Mexico do more to stop migrants from entering the United States.

A doctor attends to a victim, who had consumed bootleg liquor, at a hospital in Jorhat in northeastern state of Assam, India on Saturday. Scores of people have died and at least another 200 have been hospitalized after drinking tainted liquor in two separate incidents in India's remote northeast, authorities said.

Bootleg Liquor Kills At Least 150 In India's Latest Mass Alcohol Poisoning

Indian authorities say at least 150 people have died and 200 others are hospitalized after drinking tainted alcohol. About 100 people died from the same thing in a nearby state earlier this month.

Union Pacific Locomotive 4141 will transport the remains of President George H. W. Bush, along with his family and friends, from Spring to College Station. He will be buried at his presidential library at Texas A&M University.

Aboard The 4141 Train, Bush To Get Final Ride Through Texas Countryside

Union Pacific Locomotive 4141 will take Bush's body to College Station, Texas on Thursday. He will be laid to rest at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Center at Texas A&M University.

Glenn Close (L) accepts award for Best Actress for "The Wife" from Michael Douglas onstage at AARP The Magazine's 18th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Feb. 4, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

GREAT PERFORMANCES: Movies For Grownups Awards With AARP The Magazine

Airs Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

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