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In this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo, government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, in Yuma, Ariz.

Congressional watchdog describes border wall harm, says agencies should work together to ease damage

The report by the Government Accountability Office released Thursday offers an independent assessment of damage caused by the building of the wall.

How disappearing ice in Antarctica threatens the U.S.

Galveston, Texas, has some of the fastest sea level rise in the world. To protect the city, engineers need to know how fast ice in West Antarctica will melt. Scientists are racing to figure it out.

In this Sept. 28, 2021 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Members of Congress launch investigation into Frontwave Credit Union’s treatment of young Marines, following KPBS reporting

The lawmakers called the Oceanside-based credit union’s overdraft practices “unconscionable” and urged the company to change its fee policies.

A same-sex couple receives a blessing in front of Germany's Cologne Cathedral in September 2023, a few months before Pope Francis officially declared such blessings allowable.

Catholic Church works to explain what same-sex blessings are and are not

Now that Pope Francis has OK'd priests blessing same-sex couples, LGBTQ+ Catholics are figuring out how to ask for these blessings and whether they want them.

NPR must be "digital first," says CEO John Lansing, who announced his departure on Tuesday. "Otherwise, we're really consigning NPR to a very difficult future as the audience ages."

NPR CEO John Lansing will leave in December, capping a tumultuous year

President and CEO John Lansing plans to leave NPR nine months before his term is set to expire. His tenure has been defined by the pandemic, a racial reckoning, and economic headwinds.

Organoids made from brain cells are in a petri dish in the cell culture lab at San Diego's Salk Institute. March 4, 2024.

Salk Institute creates a better brain for lab experiments, advancing the use of organoids

Life science researchers use stem cells to create organoids, which represent human organs and allow greater knowledge of how the body behaves and reacts to disease.

Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant Niederaussem, Germany, on Nov. 2, 2022.

Latest Keeling Curve is bad news on carbon emissions

The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii reported the fourth highest year-to-year increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide in the history of the Keeling Curve.

Zendaya at the 2024 Met Gala in New York City. The actress is one of many celebrities whose name has appeared this week on social media "block" lists for not speaking out publicly about the conflict in Gaza.

On social media, activists used the Met Gala to call out stars for Gaza silence

A fast-growing social media campaign to block stars for not speaking out escalated this week after the star-studded New York event.

In this Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, downtown Los Angeles is shrouded in early morning coastal fog and smog.

Air pollution linked to greater risk of dementia, UCSD-led report finds

Air pollution has longed been linked to poor health outcomes, but in a report released on Monday from a team of researchers led by scientists at UC San Diego, it was also said to create a significantly greater risk of dementia.

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