Plus, why self-driving cars could be a “public health breakthrough,” a new documentary follows a woman in rural Iran who won a seat on her village council, and our weekly film reviews.

Plus, children are working on California farms and an investigation finds the state is turning a blind eye to safety violations, a mom writes a private letter to her son every year and gives them to him when he turns 18, and Evan Kleiman on the loved (and loathed) holiday fruitcake.

Plus, longtime Ukraine watcher Alexander Vindman doesn’t expect the war with Russia to end anytime soon, an LA Times investigation adds context to the Trump administration’s claims about attacks on ICE agents, and whether or not a domesticated raccoon would make a good house pet.

Plus, the Trump administration pauses granting asylum and visas to Afghan nationals, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments over online piracy, and the Cal State system invests in “AI-empowered higher education.”

Plus, LA County fire officials are advising residents of Topanga Canyon on a different strategy when a fast-moving fire approaches, a chaotic year of tariffs hasn’t stopped holiday shopping deals, and our weekly film reviews.

Plus, the Trump Administration has labeled an alleged Venezuelan cartel as a terrorist organization, and claims President Nicolás Maduro is its leader, the Trump Administration has begun targeting some DACA recipients who previously weren’t at risk for deportation, and a Hollywood Hills house made famous by a 1960 photograph is up for sale for the first time.

Plus, a federal judge tosses cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, autism experts say the CDC is now peddling misinformation by linking vaccines and autism, and how USAID cuts are affecting children in Africa.

Plus, Hollywood’s worst summer in decades, our weekly film reviews, and Evan Kleiman on where to get the best walnuts, and what to make with them.

Plus, a court throws out the redrawn Congressional map in Texas and Democrats are taking a victory lap, and cartoonist R. Crumb delves deep into conspiracy theories in his first comic book in decades.

Plus, the prospects for peace in Gaza after the UN Security Council approves the American peace plan, and the Netflix series Boots follows a gay teenager who wants to become a Marine.