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Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., at a news conference in Philadelphia in 2019. Now that lawmakers have left for an extended recess amid the coronavirus pandemic, Scanlon hosted a kid's town hall over the phone.

Trapped By The Coronavirus Pandemic, Congress Tries New Ways Of Legislating From Home

Congress left for an extended recess as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and may not return for several weeks. Lawmakers say their days have turned into a blur of conference calls and video chats.

NOVA: Can We Cool The Planet?

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with PBS Video App. As global temperatures rise, scientists are exploring solutions from planting trees to sucking carbon out of the air to geoengineering. But would they work? And what are the risks of engineering Earth's climate?

Historian David McCullough, shown here in 2013, has died at 89. He wrote extensively and compellingly about American history and won two Pulitzer Prizes.

Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough has died

He wrote acclaimed books about Harry Truman and John Adams, along with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal. He also was the authoritative voice narrating TV films such as The Civil War in 1990.

State attorneys general on Monday announced a nearly $392 million settlement with Google over allegations that it misled consumers about when location tracking services were collecting information on consumers.

Google pays nearly $392 million to settle sweeping location-tracking case

"Google has prioritized profit over their users' privacy," said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum of Oregon, one of 40 states to bring the case. "They have been crafty and deceptive."

Half-finished apartment towers are part of Evergrande's Cultural City real estate project in Taicang, China. The firm has run out of money to finish the buildings as regulators force developers to pay back debts.

The Evergrande Group's Debt Issues Could Be A Drag On China's Economy

For decades, rising property prices helped enrich China. Now one of the country's biggest developers is facing bankruptcy. Policymakers fear it could send China's financial system into a tailspin.

SAMANTHA BROWN'S PLACES TO LOVE: San Antonio

Premieres Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022 at 1 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Samantha gets a taste of the best San Antonio, Texas has to offer, from authentic Mexican carnitas to river adventures to live Tejano music, and so much more!

The EU moves to bar insurance on ships carrying Russian oil. It'd be a big blow

While the European Union cuts its purchases of Russian oil, it's also making a move to strike another, less-noticed blow to the Russian economy — depriving insurance for ships carrying its oil.

Members of the National Students' Union of India burn a poster showing Chinese President Xi Jinping during an anti-China demonstration in Ahmedabad on June 18, 2020.

Tensions with China revive old fears for Indians of Chinese descent

In 1962, thousands of Indians of Chinese descent were sent to prison camps during a brief war with Beijing. Recent clashes on the India-China border have revived Chinese Indians' fears of persecution.

March for Our Lives demonstrators at a rally in Los Angeles in 2018. The activist group can typically be spotted donning blue and white colors. Meanwhile, the March for Life movement is often seen with red and white colors.

March for Our Lives? March for Life? How to know the difference between the groups

Both groups can be seen in the spotlight as abortion and gun violence take hold of the national conversation. Though similar in name, each stands behind different political issues.

Al Noor mosque shooting survivor Temel Atacocugu points to the scar of a bullet wound in his arm during an interview at his home, Feb. 25, 2020, in Christchurch, New Zealand.

New Zealand shooting survivor says violence achieved nothing

The deadly attacks at two Christchurch mosques brought people together rather than sowing discord, one of the survivors says.

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