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Monday, May 5, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Martin Sheen narrates this one-hour documentary that celebrates the promise of increased longevity while addressing crucial and unprecedented public policy challenges. Using Dr. Robert Butler’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, Why Survive? as a guide, the film explores critical topics such as ageism, healthcare, economic insecurity, and Alzheimer’s disease.

For decades the NIH has led a public health campaign credited with saving thousands of babies from dying in their sleep. The administration's cuts come as sleep-related infant deaths have been rising.

NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.

Loni Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a prolonged illness, according to her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan.

At the center of the case is the school system in Montgomery County, Md., the most religiously diverse county in the U.S., with 160,000 students of almost all faiths.

As the 900-mile East African Crude Oil Pipeline project takes shape in Uganda, there is the promise of economic benefit. But it's shaking up the lives of some 100,000 people.

One candy heiress, two bullets, and three suspects. Coronado rarely makes news for violent crime. But in the spring of 1975, World War II widow and retired librarian Ruth Quinn was murdered, execution-style, in her cottage. Her death sent a shock wave through the community. The granddaughter of Jujubes and Jujyfruits creator Henry Heide, Ruth was found fully clothed with her shoes on, in her bed, dead from two gunshot wounds. To this day, her murder has never been solved but whispers about her brother, her son, and even a local petty thief still swirl. The Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Historical Association, is proud to host Coronado author Taylor Baldwin Kiland as she sifts through the dirt for the facts about Ruth's life and her untimely end fifty years ago. Light refreshments will be served and a book-signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis and is subject to availability. Preferred Seating is full. Ticket purchase/book pre-order is not required to attend the event. Pre-ordered books will be available for pickup at the event. Limited books will be available for purchase before and after the event. Taylor Baldwin Kiland, a former naval officer, is the third generation in her family to serve in the Navy and live in Coronado, California. She is the author, coauthor or ghostwriter of more than twenty books, mostly in the military nonfiction genre and, specifically, about Vietnam prisoners-of-war and their families. She has occasionally written some children’s books, including one picture book about Coronado: Oz, Dog of the Del. Taylor lives in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and daughter, but she visits the island about once a month to check on her dad. Murder of the Jujube Candy Heiress: A Coronado Cold Case is her first cold case murder mystery. Visit: https://coronado.librarycalendar.com/event/hold-author-event-taylor-kiland-29397

Christopher Hanson was appointed to serve on the commission overseeing the nation's nuclear reactors during Trump's first term in 2020.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been called "Trump before there was a Trump." Here's why his reshaping of Hungary's political institutions inspires U.S. conservatives.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Wednesday on the May 22 crash. Says runway lights that would have helped guide a small jet into a San Diego airport in foggy weather, hadn't worked since 2022.