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More than 30 Palestinians, including young children, were killed in two Israeli airstrikes overnight into Saturday in the Gaza Strip, officials said.

The most significant part of the U.N. pact is a commitment to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030, up from 17% of terrestrial and 10% of marine areas.

Lil Nas X, who publicly came out in 2019, says his sexuality was a reason for his lack of BET Awards nominations this year.

More than 13,000 residents have applied for federal aid, but reconstruction will take months, officials say. There is no official count of how many people have been left homeless.

Despite a divided Congress, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama is still pushing to shore up the Voting Rights Act after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled key parts of the landmark law.

On Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m., Coronado Public Library, in partnership with Warwick's bookstore, will host John Sayles as he discusses his new book, "Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade's Journey," in conversation with Merridee Book, executive and artistic director of the Coronado Island Film Festival. A book-signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served, subject to availability. Limited preferred seating is available with purchase of Jamie MacGillivray through Warwick's bookstore. Please visit https://www.warwicks.com/event/sayles-2023 or call the store at 858-454-0347 for more information. John Sayles is a much-celebrated film director who has made 18 movies, beginning in 1980 when his debut "Return of the Secaucus Seven" was released. Among the other movies he is known for directing—and often writing as well—are "Lianna," "Brother from Another Planet," "Matewan," "Eight Men Out," "City of Hope," "Sunshine State," "Passion Fish" and "Lone Star," the last two of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay. He also has written screenplays for other directors, including the iconic 1980s horror movies "The Howling" and "Alligator." Sayles also directed three of Bruce Springsteen’s most famed music videos for the songs "Born in the USA," "Glory Days" and "I’m on Fire." As an author, Sayles has written numerous novels and short stories since 1975, when his first novel, "Pride of the Bimbos," appeared. His second novel, "Union Dues," was nominated for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Subsequent books include "At the Anarchist’s Convention," "Los Gusanos," "Dillinger in Hollywood," "A Moment in the Sun," and "Yellow Earth." Sayles has been honored by, or been guest speaker for, such respected organizations as the American Historical Association, the Modern Language Association, and the American Studies Association. His screenplay for the film "Sonora," released in 2021, won the Ariel Award, Mexico’s equivalent to the Oscar, for Best Adapted Screenplay. Sayles divides his time between Los Angeles and Connecticut. About "Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade's Journey" Spanning 13 years, two continents, several wars, and many smoke-filled and bloody battlefields, John Sayles's thrilling historical and cinematic epic invites comparison with Diana Gabaldon, George R. R. Martin, Phillippa Gregory, and Charles Dickens. It begins in the highlands of Scotland in 1746, at the Battle of Culloden, the last desperate stand of the Stuart "pretender" to the throne of the Three Kingdoms, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and his rabidly loyal supporters. Vanquished with his comrades by the forces of the Hanoverian (and Protestant) British crown, the novel's eponymous hero, Jamie MacGillivray, narrowly escapes a roadside execution only to be recaptured by the victors and shipped to Marshalsea Prison (central to Charles Dickens's "Hard Times") where he cheats the hangman a second time before being sentenced to indentured servitude in colonial America for the rest of his life. His travels are paralleled by those of Jenny Ferguson, an impoverished village girl swept up on false charges by the English and also sent in chains to the New World. The novel follows Jamie and Jenny through servitude, revolt, escape, and romantic entanglements. The two continue to cross paths with each other and with some of the leading figures of the era -- the devious Lord Lovat, future novelist Henry Fielding, the artist William Hogarth, a young and ambitious George Washington, the doomed General James Wolfe, and the Lenape chief feared throughout the Ohio Valley as Shingas the Terrible.

A new outdoor exhibition of photography, ephemera, video and more explores the role of the Freedom Riders in their 1961 protests.

South America has seen a quarter million cases this year, as climate change is a boon for the mosquitoes that spread it. A study about how the virus infects cells could help inform future treatments.

State officials are projecting a $25 billion budget deficit for next year. The news is a stark contrast to back-to-back years of record budget surpluses in California. Then, rents are down in San Diego county by almost 5% but the same economic forces that are pushing rents down are also slowing what was on track to be a record year for housing construction in the county. And, women trying to climb the ranks in law enforcement sometimes have to battle sexism, toxic masculinity, even sexual harassment. KPBS investigative reporter Claire Trageser brings us one such story from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. Next, a controversy at a high-profile San Diego nonprofit prompted a board member’s resignation and concerns about retaliation. Then, a recent incident in a UC San Diego chemistry class highlights the distance between where the university says it wants to be and where it is when it comes to respect, inclusion and race relations. Finally, Rick Steves talks about traveling in the age of COVID-19.

For the first time, the UAW is on strike against the Big 3 U.S. automakers at once. Workers at three plants have been called out so far, with more to follow Friday if there's no progress on a deal.