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Gardeners at New Roots Community Farm in San Diego's City Heights Community, Jan. 2020.

AmeriCorps Members Honor MLK At City Heights' New Roots Community Farm

The micro farm, founded more than a decade ago by members of San Diego's refugee community, is situated on 54th Street in City Heights.

The Bengsons entered the song "Pulls Out" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest.

The Best 2020 Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Saw This Week: Volume 8

While our judges search for the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest winner, we're sharing even more entries we love. This week's selection includes songs perfect for reflection, daydreaming and solo dance parties.

Rooted In History, 'The Nickel Boys' Is A Great American Novel

Colson Whitehead's deeply affecting new novel is based on the true story of a segregated reform school in Florida where African American boys were brutalized and possibly murdered.

Legendary British balladeer Engelbert Humperdinck performs his greatest love songs in a new concert from Hawai'i on PBS.

Engelbert Humperdinck In Hawai'i (My Music)

Airs Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured Friday, celebrated his party's victory in a local election. Johnson's Conservatives fared well in local and regional elections.

U.K. Elections: Conservatives Make Gains; Pro-Independence Parties Win In Scotland

Voters in Scotland gave a majority to parties supporting a push for independence from the U.K. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson's Conservatives won in local elections in England.

Screenshot from video of the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that hit Puerto Rico on Monday, causing damage to some buildings and rockfalls in some areas from Guanica.

Earthquake Hits Puerto Rico And Collapses Punta Ventana — A Landmark Coastal Arch

"Today our icon remains in the memory of all," Guayanilla press official Glidden López Torres said on Facebook.

The small numerals in the illustration show the main mutation sites of the variant B.1.1.7 found in the U.K., which is more transmissible than other versions. In the depiction, the spike protein of the virus (red) is bound to a human cell (blue).

Is The Variant From India The Most Contagious Coronavirus Mutant On The Planet?

Scientists are trying to determine if the coronavirus variant in India could be the most transmissible variant known.

In a year where loss, grief, technology and identity have been at the forefront of the national conversation, the budding trend of email opt-outs are for many both a welcome change and a sign of what may lie ahead.

In A Grief-Filled Year, Brands From Etsy To Pandora Let You Skip Mother's Day Emails

The small but growing trend is seen as a welcome acknowledgement of people who are grieving, as well as a sign that email marketing is becoming increasingly personalized and socially conscious.

Voters arrive at the War Memorial building in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which is being used as a polling station in Thursday's parliamentary election.

Scotland Goes To Polls In Crucial Election That Could Trigger New Independence Vote

Seven years after choosing to remain in the United Kingdom and five years after opposing Brexit, voters in Scotland are going to the polls once again Thursday to elect a new parliament.

VIDEO: An Easy Way To Understand Variants — Using Puzzle Pieces

VIDEO: An Easy Way To Understand Coronavirus Variants — Using Puzzle Pieces

If you imagine viruses as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, that can help explain what happens when a coronavirus variant comes into contact with human cells.

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