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John Combs is a "people greeter" at a Walmart in Vancouver, Wash. But he has been told that come April 25, his job is going away. And he is not alone.

Walmart Is Eliminating Greeters. Workers With Disabilities Feel Targeted

NPR has found that Walmart is changing the job requirements for front-door greeters in a way that appears to disproportionately affect workers with disabilities.

Police try to stop a protester in the street in the Wanchai area in Hong Kong on Oct. 1, as the city observes the National Day holiday to mark the 70th anniversary of communist China's founding.

Hong Kong Protester Is Shot By Police As Clashes Over Democracy Take A Dark Turn

In an ominous first during weeks of protests, a demonstrator was shot in the chest and is now in the hospital. The mass rallies come as China celebrates 70 years of Communist Party rule.

FIle photo of figure skater Tara Lipinski with her coach Richard Callaghan after she won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997.

Former Male Figure Skater Files Suit Against Coach For Alleged Sexual Abuse

The suit, filed this week in San Diego County Superior Court, alleges that Richard Callaghan sexually abused Adam Schmidt starting at the age of 14, even after reports surfaced alleging he had abused another skater.

Jennifer Wilcox: How Can We Remove CO2 From The Atmosphere? Will We Do It In Time?

To slow climate change, we need to lower emissions and remove carbon from the atmosphere. Chemical engineer Jennifer Wilcox says the technology is there, and we need to scale it.

Letitia James (center) is sworn in as New York's 67th Attorney General in a ceremony Monday night at the state capitol in Albany. James is the state's first black attorney general, as well as the first woman to hold the state-wide elected office.

N.Y. Swears In New Attorney General After A Tumultuous Year For The Office

Letitia James says "it is the highest honor" to begin her time as the state's top legal officer. She is the state's first black attorney general and the first woman to be elected to that post.

Friends, co-workers and family watch as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday.

Some 300 Arrested In Mississippi Immigration Raids Have Been Released, Officials Say

In a statement Thursday, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi said detainees were asked whether they had children and were provided with cellphones to arrange for their care.

This fun high-tech documentary reveals what data is and how it is captured, stored, shared and made sense of. Dr. Hannah Fry (pictured) tells the story of the engineers of the data age, people most of us have never heard of, despite the fact they brought about a technological and philosophical revolution.

The Joy Of Data

Airs Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Russian LGBT Activist Is Found Dead; Friends Say She Was Threatened

Yelena Grigoryeva was found near her home in St. Petersburg on Sunday, with multiple stab wounds and signs of strangulation, activists said on social media.

The mobile library travels on one of its routes on the Outer Hebrides island of Lewis and Harris. For isolated residents, seeing the mobile librarian is sometimes the only human contact they may have for days.

For Remote Communities In Scotland's Outer Hebrides, Mobile Libraries Are A Lifeline

Library vans ply lonely roads and deliver books, including works in Gaelic, to hundreds of isolated residents. Seeing the mobile librarian is sometimes the only human contact they will have for days.

Unless you replenish fluids, just an hour's hike in the heat or a 30-minute run might be enough to get mildly dehydrated, scientists say.

Off Your Mental Game? You Could Be Mildly Dehydrated

Dehydration has long been known to slow physical performance. Now there's evidence that too little water can hurt cognitive performance, too, making complex thinking tasks harder.

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