Ohio Gov. DeWine says he'll sign a bill arming teachers after 24 hours of training
Experts say such an approach isn't a good idea. The strategy's opponents also include teachers groups and the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio.
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A Hispanic community teams up with activists to demand protection from pollutants
Residents say a steel mill in Pueblo, Colo., has received preferential treatment for decades as it polluted the creek that runs along their neighborhood.
Leading Hollywood directors, writers and producers sign a pledge about onscreen guns
Shonda Rhimes, Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Lawrence are among the 200 movie and TV producers, directors and writers who are pledging to revisit the use of guns in their storytelling — but not to omit them.
In Texas, Moms Demand Action got more than 20,000 new supporters after Uvalde
"My own historically Republican mother told me she looked up her senators and called them for the first time in her life," Liz Hanks, who leads the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action, told NPR.
Joy was ill and looking for help. Then an unexpected offer came
Poet Joy Ladin still thinks of an act of generosity by audio producer Debbie Blicher, who went out of her way to help Joy when she herself was suffering.
A strawberry supermoon will rise on Tuesday. Here's how to watch
June's full moon gets its nickname from the strawberry harvesting season in the Northeastern U.S. It also happens to be at its closest distance to Earth in its orbit, which makes it a supermoon.
Biden pledges more aid to New Mexico to help fight the state's massive wildfire
President Biden is back in Washington after visiting New Mexico for a briefing on wildfires which have now burned more than 900 square miles.
A judge dismisses an ex-Home Depot employee's case about not wearing BLM on uniforms
The Home Depot's uniform policy bans political or religious messages "unrelated to workplace matters" from employees' aprons, or elsewhere on their clothing.
The Yup'ik people of St. Mary's, Alaska, are working to save their village from fire
Residents of St. Mary's in southwestern Alaska are donating food to firefighters and helping clear brush as the region's largest wildfire looms just a few miles from town.
When routine medical tests trigger a cascade of costly, unnecessary care
MRIs done early for uncomplicated low back pain and routine vitamin D tests "just to be thorough" are considered "low-value care" and can lead to further testing that can cost patients thousands.