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PBS NEWSHOUR Special: Election 2020

Stream live or tune in Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 from 3 - 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Elizabeth Holmes (center) walks into the federal courthouse for her trial in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday.

Prosecutors Call Theranos Ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes A Liar And A Cheat As Trial Opens

Defense lawyers say Holmes believed the company could screen for hundreds of diseases with just a finger prick of blood, a pledge that attracted millions of dollars in investment.

Elizabeth Holmes, center, walks into the federal courthouse for her trial in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday.

Prosecutors Call Theranos Ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes A Liar And A Cheat As Trial Opens

Defense lawyers say Holmes believed the company could screen for hundreds of diseases with just a finger prick of blood, a pledge that attracted millions of dollars in investment.

Before he was a teenager, Mac Phipps already had a record deal. By the time he was 20 he was signed to No Limit Records, the biggest independent label in the country. At 24, he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 30 years in prison following the shooting death of a man at one of his concerts, a crime of which he maintains he did not commit.

'My Dream Was Being Used Against Me In Court'

Mac Phipps was a rising star of New Orleans rap when he was convicted of a killing he insists he did not commit. Two decades later, he is still fighting for his freedom and his art.

Artist Ekene Ijeoma on the set of "Deconstructed Anthems" at Houston's Day For Night Festival in 2017.

This Audio Portrait Of The 2020 Census Asks: Whose Voices Really Count?

Nigerian American artist Ekene Ijeoma is an MIT professor who draws on sound and data to explore representations of social justice. He's working on a "voice portrait" of the census called A Counting.

Crews work to remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Wednesday in Richmond, Va.

With Robert E. Lee's Statue Gone, Virginia Reveals Some New Plans For Its Pedestal

A 133-year-old time capsule that was placed at the pedestal of the Confederate monument in Richmond, Va. in 1887 will be replaced by a new time capsule filled with modern-day artifacts.

Legendary actresses Marisa Paredes and Virna Lisi star in the Italian comedy "Latin Lover," the San Diego Italian Film Festival's first pick of the week for its online discussion.

San Diego Italian Film Festival Faces Online Challenge

Festival finds new ways to show films and foster discussion

Sandy Sullens and husband Bob, who recently lost their home of 51 years when the Dixie Fire destroyed the town of Greenville, at a BBQ for evacuees sponsored by the law firm Potter Handy, August 19, 2021

With Wildfires Come Lawyers, But Past Survivors Have A Message: Buyers Beware

Attorneys in the fast-growing wildfire litigation industry are racing to recruit victims of fires ravaging parts of Northern California, and they're promising to take on a familiar target: PG&E.

The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is removed from its pedestal in Richmond, Va., on Sept. 8, 2021.

Virginia's Massive Robert E. Lee Statue Has Been Removed

More than a year after Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to be removed, it was lifted from its pedestal in Richmond, Va., to be placed into storage.

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PBS NEWSHOUR: A Special Report: 2020 Vice Presidential Debate

Stream or tune in Oct. 7, 2020 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV

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