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Aerial view of the San Diego County Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

The Five Craziest San Diego County Fair Foods

From Krispy Kreme chicken sandwiches to octopus on a stick

Joel Sartore takes a selfie with Monarch butterflies in the Sierra Chincua monarch sanctuary, Mexico.

Airs Tuesdays, July 18-Aug. 1, 2017 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Donald Trump at the 101st Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25th, 2015 in Washington, DC. This year, he says he will not attend.

Trump Will Be First President In 36 Years To Skip White House Correspondents Dinner

The president tweeted that he will not attend this year's dinner. He'll be the first president to do so since Reagan missed it in 1981, after he was shot.

Israeli security forces carry the body of a man who police say carried out an attack at the site of Temple Mount and al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Gunmen Kill 2 Israeli Officers At Religious Site In Jerusalem

Three Israeli Arab attackers killed two border police officers before being shot and killed in a gun battle at Temple Mount.

Robots move racks of merchandise at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, Calif. When a robot finds its storage unit, it glides underneath, lifts it up and then delivers it to a worker.

Online Retail Boom Means More Warehouse Workers, And Robots To Accompany Them

On the outskirts of the Bay Area, farming communities are hoping that warehouse jobs tied to the e-commerce surge will boost the local economy. But automation is expected to take over many such jobs.

Special counsel Robert Mueller arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in June.

Source: Mueller Using D.C. Grand Jury In Russia Probe

A White House lawyer told NPR the administration is "committed to fully cooperating with Mr. Mueller."

Sometimes We Feel More Comfortable Talking To A Robot

Artist Alexander Reben wants to know whether a robot could fulfill our deep need for companionship. He created a robot named BlabDroid that asks people to share their raw emotions and deep secrets.

U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz and his wife, Julie, speak with reporters at their home on Thursday in Alpine, Utah, about his decision to leave Congress at the end of June.

Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz To Leave Office At The End Of June

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee says he wanted a change and to spend more time with his family. He would not discuss his next career move, but he says, "I want to still have a voice."

A man walks past debris Sunday on St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Days after Hurricane Irma smashed through the U.S. territory on its way to Florida, residents say they barely recognize their homes.

The Rubble And Recovery Of U.S. Virgin Islands: 'Will We Survive The Aftermath?'

Irma's earliest American victims fear they will be forgotten by the mainland. Largely reduced to wreckage, the U.S. territory is now struggling to pick up the pieces.

Our Critic Doesn't Entirely <3 'The Emoji Code'

Vyvyan Evans' new book about the rise of emojis casts the little icons as part of human language's long-running struggle to evolve — but too often it reads like a textbook, didactic and dry.

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