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A Russian Yars ballistic missile mounted on a mobile launcher during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Red Square in 2018. Russia has refrained from testing its nuclear weapons since the 1990s.

Russia is scrapping its ratification of a key nuclear test ban. Here's what that means

The world's major nuclear powers haven't tested a bomb this century, but experts worry that may be about to change.

A "PB Mama" cookie on displayed at Batch & Box Signature Cookies in Carmel Valley, Jan. 13, 2023.

New year, new costs for local businesses

The rising cost of energy, wages and even eggs is starting to be felt by small companies in San Diego.

A sign is displayed for Freedom Bank in Columbia Falls, Montana. The community lender was founded over two decades ago and has grown its business by catering to locals. Its CEO, Don Bennett, says they should not be on the hook for recovering the cost of rescuing two failed banks.

It cost $22 billion to rescue two failed banks. Now the question is who will pay

Regulators need to decide how to recover the cost of rescuing Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — and community banks across the country are warning they should not be on the hook.

3 members of the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia. D.J. Paul (from left), Juicy J and Crunchy Black at MTV's Total Request Live on March 22, 2006, in New York City.

Three 6 Mafia turns $4,500 into $45 million with 'Mystic Stylez'

In 1995, the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia took a shoestring DIY approach to recording their debut album, Mystic Stylez. Their example led to a flourishing independent hip-hop scene.

President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend.

The White House chief of staff says it's on House Republicans to avert a shutdown

Jeff Zients has been getting the White House prepared for the first government shutdown of the Biden administration. Here's what the chief of staff told NPR about it.

101 Ash Street in Downtown San Diego. Aug. 21, 2020.

San Diego City Council accepts 101 Ash, Civic Center Plaza settlement

The deal allows Cisterra to keep its $6.2 million in profits from a similar deal with Civic Center Plaza.

Gwinnett County election workers prepare to handle ballots as part of the recount for the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 16, 2020, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Nearly two and a half years after the election, voting machine companies, election workers and even a local postmaster have filed defamation cases tied to conspiracy theories that have spread about the election.

There are even more 2020 election defamation suits beyond the Fox-Dominion case

In addition to the Dominion case against Fox News, more than a dozen similar cases related to lies spread about the 2020 election are slowly making their way through the legal system.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is running for speaker of the House, a race that will have a significant impact on the future of the Republican Party and the governing ability of Congress.

Fate of House GOP leadership throws Congress into chaos

House Republicans are scrambling to coalesce around a small number of candidates to be Speaker of the House but the path to electing someone is unclear.

A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin lays at an informal street memorial near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023.

Russia confirms that Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in last week's plane crash

Russia's Investigative Committee said genetic tests confirmed that the head of the mercenary force Wagner, who led a short-lived armed rebellion, and two of the group's leaders were on the plane.

LOVE AND RESPECT WITH KILLER MIKE: Tyler Perry

Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 at 5 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with the PBS App. Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry joins Killer Mike for two episodes focusing on his meteoric rise in show business.

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