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A group of boys play in the City Heights Swim Center pool, May 20, 2022.

City Heights Swim Center reopens after yearslong wait

It’s been a long time coming, but the main community swimming pool in City Heights is officially open again after extensive renovations.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023.

Antony Blinken meets China's Xi in a bid to ease soaring U.S.-China tensions

In footage released by China's state broadcaster, Xi is heard to say "The two sides have agreed to follow through on the common understandings President Biden and I have reached in Bali."

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Former tour guide in Lviv starts over in Germany

NPR's Ailsa Chang follows up with Ivanka Gonak who was a tour guide in Lviv, Ukraine, before the Russian invasion, and has now fled to Germany.

An undated file photo of a crime scene police tape and a San Diego Police Department cruiser in the background.

Police in San Diego County more likely to shoot nonwhite suspects, records show

A KPBS review of more than 20 years of records relating to use of force by police in San Diego County revealed a clear trend.

When patients arrive with heat stroke, medical teams quickly cover them from head to toe with bagged or even loose ice to lower their core temperatures back below 100 Fahrenheit, according to Dr. Jeffrey Elder, who leads emergency management at the New Orlean's largest hospital, University Medical Center. ER staffers also use misting fans on patients and administer IV fluids for rapid rehydration.

In broiling cities like New Orleans, the health system faces off against heat stroke

Like other places, New Orleans has seen record numbers of people falling ill with heat-related conditions. First responders and hospitals race to respond with ice, fluids, and air conditioning.

Manpower CEO Phil Blair talks with his team at in this photo taken March 9,2022.

Is hybrid working here to stay?

Manpower hiring expert touts flexible work models for his employees — and the larger workforce

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' flight that took 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., is being investigated by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office in Texas. The migrants were flown from Texas to Florida and then on to Martha's Vineyard. Here, DeSantis speaks at a rally on Aug. 19 in Pittsburgh.

DeSantis defends Martha's Vineyard migrant flights after Texas investigation opens

A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into flights ordered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that took the migrants to Massachusetts. DeSantis says outrage over the flights was misplaced.

Shirish Villaseñor paints final touches to window displays for this year's Comic-Con on Monday, July 17, 2023.

'Through the Looking-Glass': Chula Vista artist displays window art during Comic-Con

On display during this year’s Comic-Con International are images of piranha plants and dreams of Alice in Wonderland painted by Shirish Villaseñor.

Feminists in Chile are fighting to repaint Pablo Neruda's legacy

The legacy of the Nobel-prize winning Chilean poet is in trouble. In the latest controversy Chiles' feminist movement is calling out Pablo Neruda as a male chauvinist and a sexual predator.

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