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Achiya Schatz runs an organization in Israel called FakeReporter that authenticates images and videos that appear online in order to combat fake news. The group was founded three years ago. Before the war, it was focused on trying to help people who were targeted with online harassment for speaking out against corruption.

Is it true or not? Israeli group FakeReporter fact checks while seeking shelter

A former Israeli combat soldier runs a nonprofit out of his in-laws' front yard that fact-checks posts on social media about the Israel-Hamas war in real time.

Solar workers install panels on an Oceanside home in this undated photo

California regulators poised to change state’s rules for rooftop solar reimbursement rates

CPUC gathers to vote this week to consider sweeping change to the state net energy metering rules. That’s the system that subsidizes rooftop solar systems.

A recently hatched emperor penguin standing on a table at the veterinary lab at SeaWorld San Diego, Sept. 12, 2023.

First emperor penguin chick hatched at SeaWorld San Diego since 2010

The chick was hatched Sept. 12, marking a rare event not just for SeaWorld but also the world at large due to emperor penguins' status as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

In this Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003, file photo, President George W. Bush views fire damage with San Diego County supervisor Dianne Jacob during a tour of Harbison Canyon, outside of San Diego. Every 30 years or so, a massive fire blows through Harbison Canyon, 30 miles northeast of San Diego.

20 years later, San Diego reflects on hard lessons of the Cedar Fire

On Oct. 25, 2003, the Cedar Fire roared through San Diego County, killing 15 people and destroying more than 2,800 homes and businesses.

Spy Cuttlefish swimming with other cuttlefish, Australia.

SPY IN THE OCEAN, A NATURE Miniseries (Season Finale this week)

Premieres Wednesdays, Oct. 25 - Nov. 15, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Sundays, Oct. 29 - Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. This four-part miniseries employs animatronic spy cameras disguised as marine animals to secretly record behavior in the wild. THIS WEEK: Spy creatures showcase the challenges of ocean life. From a baby whale in danger and marine iguanas battling storms, to a mantis shrimp’s knockout punch, the spies are never far from trouble.

Having mounted outsized tours for decades, U2 is particularly suited to the technological wizardry of the Sphere in Las Vegas. But is the Sphere suited for more?

A band, a brand, a spectacle, a Sphere

U2 could sell out stadiums across the globe, but it would have been business as usual. At its Las Vegas residency, the band harnesses its superpower: relentless earnestness.

In this image from a video released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Filipino sailors, bottom, look after a Chinese coast guard ship with bow number 5203 bumps their supply boat as they approach Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Sunday Oct. 22, 2023.

Philippines says Chinese vessels hit two of its boats near disputed shoal

A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a disputed shoal, Philippine officials said.

Physician's assistant Brett Feldman does a checkup on his patient Gary Dela Cruz on the side of the road near his encampment in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2022. Feldman is the director and co-founder of Street Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.

More street medicine teams tackle the homeless health care crisis

Homeless people often have sporadic or no access to health care, resulting in costly, chronic conditions. A new statewide effort encourages Medi-Cal insurers to partner with street teams to improve care.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been using artificial intelligence to make robocalls that contort his own voice into several languages he doesn't actually speak, posing new ethical questions about the government's use of the rapidly evolving technology.

Opinion: Did he really say that?

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has used AI for robocalls in Mandarin, Yiddish, and other languages he doesn't speak IRL. NPR's Scott Simon ponders the downsides of this.

Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations are now available across the U.S., including at this CVS pharmacy in Palatine, Illinois.

A seasonal viral stew is brewing with flu, RSV, COVID and more

National data shows COVID-19 levels are moderate. In most of the U.S., levels of other respiratory viruses are low, although RSV is ticking up in some southeastern states.

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