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It's one of the biggest experiments in fighting global poverty. Now the results are in

The study focuses on a universal basic income and spans 12 years and thousands of people in Kenya. How did the money change lives? What's better: monthly payouts or a lump sum.

San Diego Veterans for Peace set up the “Hometown Arlington West Memorial” in front of the USS Midway Museum in downtown San Diego. The memorial is made up of grave markers, in the shape of a tombstone, with the names of the 288 Southern California service members who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Tombstone. The black markers represent those lost to suicide, May 29, 2023.

Anti-war group's Memorial Day display highlights 'true cost' of war

The San Diego chapter of Veterans for Peace set up a memorial naming the almost 300 Southern California service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A Marine Corps Ah-1Z SuperCobra attack helicopter flies from the left toward the western rocky shore of San Clemente Island.

San Clemente Island plants, bird succeed despite obstacles

The southernmost of California's Channel Islands is home to several threatened species, and a Navy bombing range.

Chris Licht was chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide.

CEO Chris Licht ousted at CNN after a year of crisis

CNN's embattled CEO, Chris Licht, is out after a turbulent first year that included layoffs, a botched town hall with former President Donald Trump and a no-holds-barred profile in The Atlantic.

Gopala Penmetsa walks past his house after it was leveled by a tornado near Omaha, Neb., on Friday.

Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs

Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha. Hundreds of homes and other structures have been damaged.

Migrants and asylum-seekers cross into the United States from Tijuana, Mexico, through the El Chaparral crossing, walking up its iconic white ramp on their way to make their asylum claim on May 12, 2023. Full story <a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2023/05/12/border-remains-in-relative-calm-as-title-42-ends">here</a>.

Mobile app for asylum seekers has improved, but inequities remain

After a rocky start, most of the bugs in the app have been fixed. But migrant advocates say it’s created a two-tiered asylum system.

Then-President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

Appeals court says Trump isn't immune from Jan. 6 riot lawsuits

The ruling stems from several lawsuits brought by Capitol Police officers and Democratic members of Congress seeking civil damages from Donald Trump related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

People walk on campus at San Diego State University Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.

California State University student workers vote to unionize, creating largest such union in country

The California Public Employment Relations Board said 7,252 student workers submitted electronic ballots, with 7,050 voting in favor of joining the California State University Employees Union.

An artist's rendering shows the design for Bethel One, an affordable housing complex under construction in Logan Heights.

San Diego's first affordable housing project on church land under construction

Bethel One will provide 26 units for low-income seniors and veterans. It's being funded without public subsidies.

After July 1, the University of Virginia and other public institutions in the state will no longer be able to give an admissions advantage to students who are connected to alums or donors.

Virginia has banned legacy admissions at its public colleges

The new law, which passed unanimously in the Virginia House and Senate, will take effect July 1.

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