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Opill, an over-the-counter birth control pill, goes on sale online today. The pill is expected to be available in stores within a few weeks.

Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Sunday, Jan. at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2. Liberty City, Miami, was home to one of the oldest segregated public housing projects in the United States. Now with rising sea levels, the neighborhood’s higher ground has become something else: real estate gold.

Workshop for a New Year Kadomatsu Kokedama! Sake is served!! Traditional Japanese new year Kadomatsu bring happiness to your house! Let's get together and make a wish for coming year 2022 full of happiness and prosperity. Date: 12/27 (Mon) 10:00am~ at Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park Fee: $65 for one group (Join with your family and friends/Admission to Japanese garden is not included in the ticket) Fee include all the materials needed to make one Kadomatsu kokedama decoration, instruction from Kokedama artist, and Sake to be cheers!! Kadomatsu is a decoration with three cut pieces of bamboo and pine for the Japanese New Year’s holiday. After Christmas, you will see this decoration at the entrances of houses and buildings in Japan. It is the land mark for the Shinto deity Toshigami-sama, to enter your home. In Japan, it has believed that Toshigami-sama comes to each family to bring happiness on New Year’s day. However, the deity only visits when he is invited. The kadomatsu decorations take on the role of sign at an entrance to welcome the deity. We will have a good time at Japanese garden with family and friends. Bring as many family member or friends to join this event. Looking forward to see you there! Kanako Yamada

Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir replaces Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who retires on Nov. 29. Munir begins his new role amid bitter feuding between Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and former premier Imran Khan.

In its third year, NPR's College Podcast challenge received more than 500 entries from all around the U.S. We've listened to them all and narrowed it down to 10 finalists.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said Washington will listen to Chinese complaints about curbs on U.S. exports as she ended a visit to Beijing aimed at reviving strained relations.

Voters in 16 states and one territory will make their voices heard Tuesday in the biggest primary election day of the 2024 cycle. Find out who is voting and what's at stake.

Dan Buettner has spent decades exploring the lifestyles and diets of people in remote places where living to 100 is more common. Here are life-enhancing habits from these "blue zones."

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gave a status report Thursday, on the city's efforts against fentanyl. In other news, nine months after the San Diego International Airport abruptly removed a public art piece, the work is resurfacing at a nonprofit art gallery in Logan Heights. Plus, our KPBS arts editor and producer has details on holiday events happening in San Diego County.

City officials have crafted a guiding document that outlines how Imperial Beach will grow in the next decade. Officials call it “The Bigger Picture.”