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A photo of San Diego Museum of Art's Rotunda covered in flowers during Art Alive.

San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: From Flower Art To Flower Crowns

This weekend is all about flowers, whether it’s the floral arrangements at Art Alive or the flower crowns at Coachella. Plus NPR’s radio program “From the Top” is in town for a live taping.

Maxine Toler, who lives near Los Angeles, has been asking neighbors why they do or do not want the vaccine. But it's the health inequities of today, not the infamous "Tuskegee Study," that Toler hears about when she talks to Black friends and neighbors about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Stop Blaming Tuskegee, Critics Say. It's Not An 'Excuse' For Current Medical Racism

The Tuskegee syphilis study is often cited as a reason why Black Americans might hesitate on the COVID-19 vaccine. But many say it's current racism in health care and Tuskegee is used as an excuse.

Rabbit by Jeff Koons was sold for more than $91 million at Christie's in New York on Wednesday night. It set a record for the most expensive work by a living artist to be sold at auction.

Jeff Koons' 'Rabbit' Fetches $91 Million, Auction Record For Work By A Living Artist

Robert Mnuchin, an art dealer and the father of the U.S. Treasury secretary, bought the sculpture for a client. Some art collectors consider the silver bunny to be "the holy grail of Koons works."

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 ― but it lost the battle of modern health care economics. In July, Chicago's first hospital told regulators that it will end inpatient services as soon as February.

Some Urban Hospitals Face Closure Or Cutbacks As The Pandemic Adds To Fiscal Woes

Experts fear that the economic pressures of the COVID-19 crisis are helping push some urban hospitals over the edge at the very time they are most needed in low-income communities.

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church was restored as part of the Living Rooms at the Border project by Casa Familiar in San Ysidro on February 18, 2020.

New Affordable Housing, Community Space Opens In San Ysidro

Casa Familiar unveiled the Living Rooms at the Border Project on Tuesday.

Lina Khan photographed at her home in Larchmont, New York, in July 2017.

Big Tech Showdown Looms As Biden Taps Top Critics Lina Khan, Tim Wu

Federal Trade Commission nominee Lina Khan and presidential adviser Tim Wu have advocated for new rules to curb the power of the tech giants.

Dr. Francesca Mangiatordi, who leads the emergency department at Cremona Hospital in Northern Italy.

FRONTLINE: Inside Italy's Covid War

Airs Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, May 21 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 + PBS Video

White House physician Dr. Sean Conley gives an update on the condition of President Donald Trump Saturday at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

Transcript: President Trump's Doctors Provide Saturday Update On His Health

President Trump's doctors gave a briefing Saturday morning outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

The Supreme Court is seen beyond a razor wire-topped fence at sunrise on March 8.

High-Stakes Supreme Court Clash Between Growers, Farmworkers Could Blow Up Other Laws

At issue is a 1975 California law that allows union organizers limited access to farms so they can seek support from workers in forming a union.

Residents of the District of Columbia rally for statehood near the U.S. Capitol on March 22, 2021, ahead a House committee hearing on the effort.

With Stronger Democratic Support, D.C. Statehood Fight Returns To Capitol Hill

The measure is expected to pass the House but faces long odds in the Senate, leading some advocates to call for the end of the legislative filibuster.

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