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Spinal stimulation can improve arm and hand movement years after a stroke

Two stroke patients regained control of a disabled arm and hand after researchers delivered electrical stimulation to their spines, paving the way toward a medical device that could aid movement.

Alan Arkin attends the ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, June 7, 2019, in Hollywood, CA.

Actor, Carlsbad resident Alan Arkin Dies at Age 89

His sons Adam and Anthony confirmed their father's death through Arkin's publicist Friday.

President Joe Biden listens to a reporters question after speaking about the economy at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday.

Biden's lawyer says additional classified documents found, GOP calls for new probes

President Biden's lawyers have found more classified documents, this time at his Wilmington, Del., home. According to his lawyer Richard Sauber, "all but one" were found in storage in Biden's garage.

A woman carrying a bucket walks along the road near Bakhmut, on Nov. 27. As temperatures drop, Ukrainians worked to restore power, heat and water supplies after Russian strikes hit key infrastructure.

Week in Ukraine: Russia knocked out power, more strikes expected (Nov. 28)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The tower of the California Building is shown in this picture on December 6, 2022.

Report: Balboa Park needs nearly half a billion dollars to be brought up to modern standards

A new report has some suggestions for how to preserve it. But they come with a pretty big price tag.

L-R Sydney Bell, Charity Holloway, Arianna Davis, Ashley Williams, Jayla Sullivan, Asia Banks, and Kiara Mooring: some of the hopeful women competing to join Lizzo's Big Grrrls

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Voyeurs, FBoy Island, and more.

Teamsters Local 911 rally in front of Escondido City Hall over union contract expiration. October 11, 2023.

Escondido city workers rally over expired union contract

Their union contract expired in June and they are frustrated that the city has rejected their proposals.

Scientists with the European Southern Observatory say system HR 6819, seen in this artist's rendering, is composed primarily of two stars (orbits in blue) and a newly discovered black hole (orbit in red). The black hole is invisible, but it makes its presence known by the gravitational pull exerted on objects around it.

Scientists Find Nearest-Known Black Hole, In Distressingly Fitting Metaphor

The black hole is roughly 1,000 light-years from Earth — and more than 2,000 light-years closer than the next one known. What's more, scientists say, it may be just "the tip of an exciting iceberg."

From left to right, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Assemblymember Brian Maienschein and Council President Sean Elo Rivera hold $750,000 check for the San Diego Housing Commission's Multidisciplinary Outreach Program in San Diego, CA on October 5, 2023.

City secures funding for homeless outreach in San Diego

The San Diego Housing Commission's Multidisciplinary Outreach Program received $750,000 in secure funds from the state.

People gather in San Francisco to watch a debate on Fox News between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis-Newsom 'debate' offers window into the future of warring visions of America

There couldn't be two governors with more opposite ideologies than the Florida Republican and the California Democrat, but few minds were likely changed.

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