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Petroleum drilling technology is now making carbon-free power

A new technique for harvesting geothermal energy being pioneered in Utah has passed a significant milestone: Southern California Edison has contracted for enough of the energy to power 400,000 homes.

Anton, who doesn't want his name used for security concerns, builds drones with the company Social Drone in his kitchen in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukraine is amping up drone production to get an edge in the war against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country can now make 4 million drones annually. The government, military, private companies and regular citizens are all involved.

Jennifer Koh seeks innovation and 'artistic risk' in revamping chamber music series

Jennifer Koh is shaking up the long-established chamber music series at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. An example of that is her collaboration with pianist-composer Missy Mazzoli.

Mexican artist Enrique Chiu stands on the beach of the Mexican community of Playas de Tijuana, one section of the border wall behind him has been removed, Tijuana, August 21, 2023. Chiu began painting murals on the American-built border separating Tijuana and San Diego in 2016. With the construction of a new taller wall many sections of the current wall are being removed, and the murals Chiu and others created along with it.

Culture is a casualty of San Diego border wall rebuild

The Biden administration’s expansion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall threatens to destroy hundreds of murals along the Tijuana side of the border.

Job seekers standing in line for the city of San Diego's first citywide career fair at the Balboa Park Club on March 22, 2023.

The city of San Diego holds its first citywide career fair

Hundreds of job seekers attended the city of San Diego's citywide career fair, with 30 departments hiring for positions.

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on immigration

Immigration has become one of the cornerstone issues of the 2024 campaign as GOP presidential hopefuls try to stand out as the toughest on both illegal and legal immigration.

Abandoned tents remain at the migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, that is at the center of a controversy involving viral images of a flyer encouraging migrants to vote for President Biden.

A flyer in her name told migrants to vote for Biden. But she says she didn't write it

Viral images of the flyer were filmed in portable toilets of a migrant camp in Mexico, and they energized members of Congress. But NPR's reporting suggests the flyer is not what it purports to be.

Staff and supporters of the Los Angeles Times carry signs and chant slogans during a rally in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. Guild members of the Los Angeles Times participated in one-day walkout to protest imminent layoffs. The job action Friday is the first newsroom union work stoppage in the history of the newspaper, which began printing in 1881.

Los Angeles Times to lay off one-fourth of newsroom staff starting this week, union head says

The announcement comes after the LA Times Guild walked off the job last Friday to protest the imminent layoffs.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a news conference on the investigative efforts related to violent criminal activity occurring in Canada with connections to India in Ottawa, Ontario, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.

Canada expels India's top diplomat and alleges wider diplomatic involvement in crimes

Canada expelled India’s top diplomat in the country and five others over last year's killing of a Sikh activist in British Columbia. India rejected the charges and said it would expel Canadian envoys.

South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday.

North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean roads as tensions with South Korea soar

Destroying the roads would be in line with Kim Jong Un's push to cut off ties with South Korea and abandon the decades-long objective to seek a peaceful unification.

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