Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire, Peter Rainer and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry speaks with Dean Blumberg, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of pediatric infectious disease at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.

Senate Republicans unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability Wednesday, countering Democrats’ far-reaching overhaul with a more modest package but one that underscores how swiftly the national debate on race has been transformed five months before elections.

Black Lives Matter has been one of the big organizing forces behind the protest movements that followed the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis.

A recent change has led to some colleges hesitating to help students affected by the economic downturn.

A TSA official filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the agency didn't properly train staff, making them a "significant carrier" of the coronavirus. An independent agency ordered an investigation.

At a hearing, they accused the agency of "stonewalling" congressional investigators and keeping them "in the dark," in their effort to examine what went wrong in certifying Boeing's troubled airplane.

A neurologist who wanted to know how the brain changes in response to a physical disability put his arm in a pink cast for two weeks to find out.

As public health officials across the country continue to monitor new cases and hospitalizations amid many states reopening their economies, Orange County said Wednesday they’ve seen a 76 percent jump in hospitalizations in the last week, but added that the trend doesn’t necessarily mean that reopening should be slowed down, according to the Los Angeles Times.

For sports fans, it’s been a steady diet of UFC, NASCAR and the Korean Baseball League for the last few weeks as major pro sports leagues in the U.S. go back and forth over whether and how to play out their seasons.