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RECENT STORIES ON KPBS

National

Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender care for minors

Nina Totenberg

At issue was a Tenneessee law that bars minors from accessing gender-affirming care as they transition genders.
Economy

'Labubu' is a plush toy that is causing a frenzy. Here's its origin story

Juliana Kim

Labubus are a global sensation — sparking long lines outside toy stores, selling out online within minutes, and listing for double or triple their original price on resale markets. Here's why.
Border & Immigration

What Trump's mass deportation looks like in San Diego

Gustavo Solis

Workplace raids, arrests in immigration court and detentions of people without criminal records show how President Donald Trump’s deportation strategy is taking shape locally.
International

Trump says 'nobody knows' what he'll do as Iran warns the U.S. not to strike

Rebecca Rosman

Franco Ordoñez

President Trump declined to say whether the U.S. would strike Iranian nuclear facilities, moments after Iran's supreme leader warned the U.S. against an attack and rejected Trump's call to surrender.
International

U.K. Parliament bans women from being prosecuted for late-term abortion

Lauren Frayer

The new law makes it illegal to investigate, arrest, prosecute or imprison any woman in England or Wales for terminating her own pregnancy — no matter what term or trimester she's in.
International

A battle of sounds stops at the inter-Korean border

Se Eun Gong

The two Koreas have engaged in psychological warfare since the 1960s, with weapons like huge billboard screens, loudspeakers installed along the border, and airdropping propaganda leaflets.