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What will it take to get a proposal to build a California high-speed rail system off the ground? We speak to KPBS Reporter Tom Fudge about the latest news on the high-speed rail plan.

In his new memoir, David McGlynn describes how his teenage years were disrupted by violence. McGlynn was a swimmer who turned to evangelical Christianity in college. A Door in the Ocean is a compelling coming-of-age story marked by random tragedy and biblical tracts, church coffee and chlorine.

State health officials warned consumers Tuesday against eating a type of tamarind-flavored Mexican candy produced under the name de la Rosa Pulparindo that was found to contain dangerous levels of lea

Fifteen years ago, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak embarked on a grand project to cultivate farmland in the desert and create new towns. But massive projects like Toshka in southern Egypt have languished due to mismanagement, corruption and Mubarak's ouster.

The worldwide economic turmoil is showing signs of impact in the West African city of Dakar, as rising prices of food, fuel and fertilizer threaten the livelihood of the nation's poor. Africa will not be immune to the financial crisis, a World Bank executive says.

Plastic debris is being swept by Pacific currents into a somewhat stagnant area of ocean between Hawaii and Los Angeles, resulting in polluted area nearly twice the size of Texas that's growing every year.

Author Rajiv Chandrasekaran believes the U.S. has made multiple miscalculations in waging war in Afghanistan. In his new book, Little America, he says America should have learned from a largely forgotten U.S. adventure undertaken there a half-century earlier.

New York Times' reporter Rachel Swarns traces the first lady's family tree in her new book, American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama.

The Salton Sea has existed for about 100 years in a closed California desert basin with no natural outlet. And now the Departments of Water Resources and Fish and Game are putting a Draft Environmenta

Environmental concerns and rising food prices are fostering a homegrown food movement. We'll talk about the benefits of growing fruits and vegetables and give tips on how to get your backyard garden