A mother and son reflect on school shooter drills
A Texas mother and son discuss the active shooter drills he's lived with throughout his grade school years.
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These Russian couples didn't plan to get married. The Ukraine war changed their minds
More couples — including those who stayed in Russia and those who fled — are urgently marrying, for reasons both practical and deeply emotional.
A high school senior reflects on her community's resilience after a devastating flood
Zoe Turner survived a flood that killed 20 neighbors. But now that she's graduated high school, she's trying to leave behind the lingering damage and move on to the next phase of her life.
Lifeguards are scarce, and it might be affecting your local pool
The shortage — affecting about a third of U.S. public pools — has led some to reduce hours or close altogether. The pandemic and earlier rhetoric about work visas for foreigners led to the problem.
Meet Isaac and Nora, two French kids who are big in Latin American music
In 2019, an amateur video of two kids singing a Cuban bolero went viral on the internet. Three years later, the video of the song Veinte Años has been watched by millions on social media.
After her friend's death, their families were combined into one
In this week's StoryCorps, a single mother of five recalls what happened when she agreed to take care of three more children after her friend died of cancer.
Demand at food banks is way up again. But inflation makes it harder to meet the need
High food and gas prices are squeezing working families, sending some to food pantries for the first time. But providers are struggling with high costs, fewer donations and supply chain woes.
In Uvalde, a woman in clown colors makes kids smile
A few yards from the central memorial for the shooting victims, a clown hands out snow cones and toys for free to all. She says it's her way to give back — and she wants the gun violence to stop.
The National Spelling Bee returns to its usual venue for the first time in 3 years
Spellers were greeted with a new preliminary-round format that gave them no time to get comfortable. They had to get through three words in one turn at the microphone to continue in the bee.
Memorial Day: The mother of a Marine who died in Kabul talks about losing her son
It's been less than a year since 13 service members were killed in Kabul during the final days of the U.S. pullout. This Memorial Day, a mother remembers her son, one of the Marines who died that day.