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Matthew Specktor grew up the son of a famous Hollywood agent. In The Golden Hour he serves up family saga, cultural criticism, fictionalized biography, history and lament for a vanishing world.

President Trump is accelerating the attacks on diversity-in-business programs. But DEI experts say this may be the wakeup call big companies need.

Weinstein is facing sex crimes charges after his 2020 New York conviction was overturned last year. The #MeToo movement was catalyzed in part by the many women who came forward to accuse the disgraced producer of misconduct.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of private Signal chats and the turmoil inside the Pentagon.

Sundar Pichai testified in the remedies trial that will determine the penalties Google will face for monopolizing the search engine market.

Hats, horses and high rollers. These are just some of the things that add to the atmosphere of Churchill Downs on Derby Day.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. This one-hour special begins in Kraków, with a stunning square, historic castle, and nearby, communist-era Nowa Huta and Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp memorial. Then we head to bustling Warsaw for skyscrapers and Chopin, sample gingerbread in Toruń, and ogle red-brick Malbork Castle. We finish in Gdańsk with handsome Hanseatic townhouses and stirring Solidarity history.

Back by popular demand! Have you always enjoyed telling stories? Ever considered storytelling in front of an audience? The Storytelling Institute, a free seven-week course presented by the Storytellers of San Diego, is open to everyone who would like to hone their skills in this ancient art form. The Institute culminates in an optional storytelling slot for each participant at the San Diego Storytelling Festival here at the Coronado Public Library on March 15, 2025. Registration is requested for the January 21 introductory session. All other sessions are walk-in, no registration. January 21: “What’s Your Story: Finding the Stories in Your Life” with Marilyn McPhie Our lives are filled with stories! In this workshop we’ll dive into our memories -- the people, the places, the triumphs, the disasters, the memorable moments -- and emerge with stories worth sharing in family gatherings, business settings, podcasts, memoirs, on social media, onstage, and more. Visit: https://coronado.librarycalendar.com/event/storytelling-institute-28124

Researchers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced they had detected biosignature gases on planet K2-18b. A new analysis of the same data casts doubt on the earlier findings

Consumer prices in March were up 2.4% from a year ago — a smaller annual increase than forecasters had expected. While President Trump has suspended many of his new tariffs, import taxes that remain could push prices higher in the months to come.