Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, removed from office amid the Signal chat controversy, spent Tuesday in the Senate confirmation hearing for his nomination as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

Apple TV+ must be happy about how many nominations they've raked in this year for hit shows including Severance and The Studio, NPR critic Linda Holmes says.

Mandolin master Chris Thile leads the bluegrass-inspired, genre-leaping acoustic music band Punch Brothers at the Observatory North Park in San Diego.

California’s biggest pension fund and markets around the world learned to live with President Trump’s tariff threats. CalPERS gained 11.6% on investments in 2024-25.

Officials are shoring up water systems infiltrated by the golden mussel. Dogs and human inspectors are checking boats at some lakes, but a patchwork of oversight leaves many lakes unprotected. “There’s just too many boats and too many people out there,” one warden said.

Stream now with the PBS app + YouTube. Why are zoos, aquariums, and labs sometimes the key to saving critically endangered wildlife? In dire straits, creating healthy captive populations is the best course to save these species in the wild. Captive breeding allows these facilities to quicken the reproductive process and carefully preserve genetic diversity. And when successful, these breeding programs can set endangered species on a long-term path to recovery back in the wild.

California's three largest utilities received approval to collect $27 billion from ratepayers after utility equipment sparked tragic wildfires. The soaring price of electricity has ignited debate about how much California families should bear for the cost of wildfire prevention, whether utilities are balancing risk and affordability and whether the money is being spent wisely.