Family

How baseball turned two strangers — a coach and a player — into family

7:53am March 22, 2024

Ed Holley first met Kanard Lewis in 2010. Holley was coaching youth baseball in New York City, and Lewis was was one of his players. Lewis is now a high school counselor.

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Angie Atkins, 37, lives with her two kids in an apartment in northwest Philadelphia. She's been on a waitlist for a federal housing voucher, which would help subsidize her rent, for about seven years.

Rents are high and housing vouchers are hard to get. So Philly is giving renters cash

5:15am March 19, 2024

by Jennifer Ludden

The pilot program chose people on the city's long waitlist for housing vouchers to test how much direct cash payments can help. HUD, the federal housing agency, is interested in the possibility.

2 friends in Alaska discuss losing so many people to suicide

7:45am March 15, 2024

Qaiyaan Harcharek and Don Rearden grew up in small towns, and both have experienced much tragedy. (If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.)

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Hackers who attack school districts can gain access to students' personal data, with a ripple effect on the community.

Hackers are targeting a surprising group of people: young public school students

4:55pm March 12, 2024

by Kavitha Cardoza

Districts store all kinds of sensitive student data, which means the consequences of a school cyberattack can follow pupils well into adulthood. And it's not just their credit that's at risk.

An image showing a roaring lion and a woman facing it, conveying the idea of acknowledging and processing anger.

Health & Safety

Feeling ragey? Don't bury your anger, process it. Here's how

8:00am March 12, 2024

We're often taught to repress our feelings and behave nicely. But anger has a biological purpose, and psychologists say it's healthier to embrace it. Here are four steps for working with anger.

Now that Sarah Barnes' son, Samuel, 2, is enrolled in Head Start, it's lifted an extra stress off Barnes' shoulders. "It just makes life a little bit easier having child care right on campus," she says. "I can literally walk over here between classes and check on him."

Education

The new kids on campus? Toddlers, courtesy of Head Start

5:00am March 11, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

And not just toddlers — infants and preschoolers too. A new effort aims to help the 4 million college students raising kids by putting Head Start programs on community college campuses.

Maria E. Garay-Serratos holds a framed photograph of her mother, who died after suffering decades of domestic violence. Scientists are trying to understand how domestic violence damages the brain.

Domestic violence may leave telltale damage in the brain. Scientists want to find it

5:01am March 08, 2024

by Jon Hamilton

Traumatic brain injuries from intimate partner violence are common, and potentially more severe than those seen in sports.

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Most Americans also say women should be allowed to travel for medical care – including an abortion, a new KFF poll finds.

Most Americans support abortion for pregnancy-related emergencies

5:39am March 07, 2024

by Maria Godoy

The majority of American voters, including Republicans, support protecting access to abortion for women who are experiencing pregnancy-related emergencies, such as miscarriages, a KFF poll finds.

Yellowstone National Park employee housing that opened in 2022 under construction

Donor gives $40 million for Yellowstone National Park employee housing

5:00am March 07, 2024

by Nick Mott

Yellowstone employs more than 3,000 people at peak season, finding enough affordable housing for them has long been a problem.

Kathryn Sellers makes calls to families on Wednesday, Feb. 14. Sellers is part of a program that provides students at Pittsburgh Arlington school with free van rides to and from school each day, as well as caring nanas who check in with families daily.

Education

Battling student absenteeism with grandmas, vans and a lot of love

5:00am March 07, 2024

by Jillian Forstadt

A Pittsburgh program is tackling chronic absenteeism by using community volunteers, who are doing everything they can to get kids to school every day.

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