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Monday, July 15, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Jo, a witty 9-year-old terminally ill girl, is taken back to her rural village of Maweni to live out the rest of her short life. Her only comfort during these dull times are her dreams of being a superhero, which prove to be something her rebellious teenage sister Mwix, overprotective mother Kathryn and entire community believe they can fulfill.

The Stanford Internet Observatory studied how social media platforms are abused. Now, its top leaders are out and future funding is uncertain amid attacks on its work by conservatives.

Kai Trump, former President Donald Trump's 17-year-old granddaughter, delivered a short but personal testament to him on the RNC stage Wednesday night.

Autocracy, Inc. author Anne Applebaum says that today’s dictators — including Putin and Xi — are working together in a global fight to dismantle democracy, and Trump is borrowing from their playbook.

Join us for an evening of delicious food, drinks, and live music as we celebrate another year of innovation, collaboration, and partnership in our efforts to end homelessness in San Diego. A Toast to Home will shine a light on the incredible work of PATH staff and raise funds to support our work to provide vital housing and services in San Diego. PATH began operating in San Diego in 2013 with the opening of Connections Housing, an integrated service and residential community in Downtown. PATH San Diego provides interim and affordable housing and critical services countywide, including over two dozen programs and seven supportive housing sites. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook & Instagram

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' primary election guide for the city of San Diego mayor.

Join us for a pickleball fundraiser to raise funds for the Sherman Heights Community Center Clean Energy Resilience Project. Your donation will help the Sherman Heights Community Center save over $113,000 over the next 10 years from solar and storage! These savings will be reinvested into the center, which annually serves about 20,000 predominantly Mexican-American families facing economic hardship. Whether you're a seasoned pickleball player or a complete novice, we invite you to join us for a day of games, networking, community building and giving back. Please register by April 20, 2024. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook & Instagram

A Russian court convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage Friday, sentencing him to 16 years in a Russian prison colony in a trial the U.S. denounced as a sham.

Las detenciones por cruces de frontera ilegales en Estados Unidos se redujeron más de un 40% en las tres semanas desde que se suspendió la tramitación corriente de solicitudes de asilo, según indicó el miércoles el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional.

Join us on Wed., Apr 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM at the KPBS Conrad Prebys Media Complex at Copley Center for an exciting evening with NPR National Political Correspondent Sarah McCammon. Sarah will be joining us to discuss her new book The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church. The 2024 book is part memoir and part journalism in which Sarah places her own disillusionment and discovery in dialogue with the stories of other former evangelicals to examine this burgeoning movement and its social and political impact on the world. Sarah will give us a preview of her book followed by an insightful conversation with KPBS Midday Edition Host Jade Hindmon. You will also have a chance to ask Sarah a question during the audience Q&A. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to meet one of NPR's award-winning journalists as well as network with fellow Producers Club members.