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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport. A visionary astronomer in West Africa attempts a high-stakes observation of a distant asteroid vital to a NASA mission. From prehistoric ruins to Islamic skywatchers, explore the heritage and future of African astronomy.

President Biden stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit meeting, Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia.

Chinese balloon punctures Blinken's plans, leaving U.S.-China ties adrift

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called off his trip to China after the discovery of a Chinese "surveillance" balloon over the U.S. It's the latest setback in an increasingly fraught relationship.

Insulin at Pucci’s Pharmacy in Sacramento on July 8, 2022.

California lawmakers try again to cap insulin costs

California plans to roll out an ambitious plan to manufacture its own insulin, but in the meantime, legislators are proposing to cap what diabetics pay.

Amanda Shires and Maren Morris of The Highwomen, Yola, Brandi Carlile of The Highwomen, Jason Isbell and Natalie Hemby of The Highwomen perform onstage at the 20th Annual Americana Honors & Awards at Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 22, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee.

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: Americana 20th Annual Honors

Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / not available on demand. ACL presents selected performances from the 20th annual Americana Awards & Honors, recorded live in Nashville. Performers include Brandi Carlile, the Mavericks, Jason Isbell, Allison Russell, Charley Crockett, Amethyst Kiah and the Highwomen, plus a tribute to Nanci Griffith from Joe Henry and Aoife O'Donovan.

File photo of Syndel Murillo, 16, left, and Shale Harris, 15, reaching for a pass as they try out for the Redondo Union High School girls' flag football team on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Redondo Beach, Calif.

California makes flag football a girls' high school sport

The California Interscholastic Federation's federated council voted Friday to make flag football an official high school sport for girls in the nation’s most populous state for the upcoming 2023-24 year.

Immunity Americans acquired through vaccination or via prior infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may account for the lighter than expected COVID surge in the U.S. this winter, researchers say.

This winter's U.S. COVID surge is fading fast, likely thanks to a 'wall' of immunity

The main reason the surge is ebbing now, pandemic experts suspect, is the significant immunity many people in the U.S. have acquired from prior infections and COVID vaccinations many received.

A teacher lines up the students for school-prepared lunches at Madison Crossing Elementary School in Canton, Miss. in 2019. The USDA unveiled new nutrition standards for school meals that would limit sugar and sodium.

The USDA wants to limit added sugars and sodium in school meals

The new standards, if implemented, would limit added sugars and sodium and emphasize whole-grain and domestically-produced products.

File photo of a man with his gun on his hip as he works at the Spring Guns and Ammo store Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in Spring, Texas.

Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the government can't stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders filed against them from owning guns.

She's been here before: Beyoncé performs at the Grammy Awards in 2017, when she was nominated in record, album and song of the year but lost all three awards to Adele.

2023 Grammy Awards: The Beyoncé paradox

At this year's awards on Sunday night, Beyoncé could become the artist with the most Grammys ever. She could also go down in history as the most snubbed.

Host Julia Collin Davison in the kitchen with Bryan Roof

COOK'S COUNTRY: Cajun Country

Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with KPBS Passport! Bryan Roof visits Marksville, Louisiana for a pig roast and shares his version of Cajun Rice Dressing with host Julia Collin Davison. Ashley Moore makes host Bridget Lancaster Stuffed Turkey Wings.

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