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Sights & Sounds is your weekly guide to the Bay Area arts scene. Writer, performer, and comedian Marga Gomez told KALW’s Jen Chien about three fantastic…

Counterterrorism Expert Hopes Capitol Siege Is 'A Wake-Up Call'

NPR's Michel Martin discusses domestic extremism and counterterrorism with Mary McCord, legal director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center.

Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is America's original national park and hosts more than 4 million visitors annually.

Plan For Your Great National Park Trip

The National Park Service expects a busy summer as the country begins to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. Last year 237 million people flocked to national parks to escape from COVID-19.

<em>Stillwater</em> centers on an Oklahoma oil worker (Matt Damon) who seeks the help of a French theater actress (Camille Cottin) when his daughter is accused of murder in Marseille, France.

After Attending Cannes From Afar, Justin Chang Recommends 7 Bold Festival Films

Reviewer Justin Chang didn't travel to the Cannes Film Festival this year, but he managed to see a number of the movies in Los Angeles. His favorites include The Souvenir Part II and Stillwater.

A waitress wears a face mask while serving at Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant in Los Angeles on June 15.

Hope For Normalcy Is Growing. Here's What Americans Are Still Worried About

Here's what U.S. adults say about President Biden's handling of the economy, their top economic concerns and how they feel about the coronavirus pandemic, based on a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.

A woman known in court papers as Ms. A.B. is seeking asylum in the U.S. after suffering more than a decade of domestic violence in El Salvador. Attorney General Merrick Garland is vacating controversial legal decisions his predecessors issued in her case.

The Justice Department Overturns Policy That Limited Asylum For Survivors Of Violence

In a victory for survivors of domestic and gang violence, the Department of Justice on Wednesday vacated the controversial Trump-era decisions.

Volunteers fight a wildfire in northeastern Siberia on July 17th. Heat waves in the Russian Arctic and boreal forests have fueled intense, widespread blazes that can damage trees and release enormous amounts of stored carbon dioxide from forests and permafrost.

Climate Scientists Meet As Floods, Fires, Droughts And Heat Waves Batter Countries

Hundreds of scientists are meeting to finalize a landmark climate report. It's meant to guide the next decade of international climate policy, but it's unclear if politicians will act on it.

Nick Prior adds a keeper to the box for his grandfather Verge to band its claws. Nick hopes to continue the family tradition but isn't sure lobstering is sustainable as a career.

Maine's Next Generation Of Lobstermen Brace For Unprecedented Change

Maine's vital lobster industry is facing big challenges: new regulations; fewer young people entering the business; and threats to its thriving lobster population, including climate change.

St George: the lower part of an Eritrean icon at St Cornelius Orthodox Church in Amersfoort, The Netherlands

Almanac - Friday 4/23/21

Today is St George's Day...

President Biden speaks about voting rights at the National Constitution Center on Tuesday in Philadelphia.

'This Is A Test Of Our Time,' Biden Says About Voting Rights Battles

The president spoke a day after Texas Democratic state lawmakers left their state in protest of GOP voting legislation.

A group of children in San Pablo de los Guarayos, a very small village in the lowlands of Bolivia.

Almanac - Monday 4/12/21

Today is Children's Day in Bolivia...

CDC Has Declared Coronavirus Delta Variant A 'Variant Of Concern'

The CDC has declared that the dangerous new variant first spotted in India as a "variant of concern," meaning it poses a significant threat to unvaccinated people.

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