• Deadly fire shuts down key route to Yosemite National Park

    Deadly fire shuts down key route to Yosemite National Park

    Jul 16, 2018 03:17 PM EDT

    "We're counting on being closed at least one more day," Arebalo said. Evacuations also were ordered in rural communities just outside the park, and people in nearby lodges and motels were told to be ready to leave if flames approach. A stretch of State Route 140 into Yosemite ...

  • What to watch for in today's state primaries

    What to watch for in today's state primaries

    Jun 26, 2018 04:22 PM EDT

    ... MD-06: Vacated by the Democrat’s first (and so far only) 2020 candidate, Rep. John Delaney, businessman David Trone faces two-term state delegate Aruna Miller in the Democratic-leaning district, which stretches from Maryland’s panhandle to the D.C. suburbs. Although there is not much daylight between ...

  • One poet’s take on what is still missing from Pride

    One poet’s take on what is still missing from Pride

    Jun 04, 2018 08:05 PM EDT

    ... the stingers / rose from metal water i hear my skin sing / in a frequency made only from laughter / when told, you speak so well / an aubade that calls to me like a grandfather / clock / the machine reassures me that i have nothing / to prove / i am who they think i ...

  • 5 years after the world's largest garment factory collapse, is safety in Bangladesh any better?

    5 years after the world's largest garment factory collapse, is safety in Bangladesh any better?

    Apr 06, 2018 07:30 PM EDT

    ... not comply with needed improvements. The Accord was a “game-changer” for how it combined transparency, giving workers a voice and enforcing safety requirements, said Aruna Kashyap, senior counsel for the women’s rights division of Human Rights Watch. It made “brands put money behind lip service.” Brands, including those ...

  • Gun injuries drop 20 percent nationwide during NRA conventions, study says. But why?

    Gun injuries drop 20 percent nationwide during NRA conventions, study says. But why?

    Feb 28, 2018 11:12 PM EDT

    ... said he didn’t want to host the group until it came to the table “to solve the problem.” Responding to Caraway’s comments, Andrew Arulanandam, the NRA’s managing director of public affairs, said in a written statement to the PBS NewsHour: “Dallas, like every American city and community ...

  • Opinion: A student’s obituary should never say 'gunned down while studying for chemistry'

    Opinion: A student’s obituary should never say 'gunned down while studying for chemistry'

    Feb 16, 2018 08:31 PM EDT

    ... a day like today, I have to have faith that my students can do just that. Let’s listen to the kids today by Rusul Alrubail, literacy educator and founder of The Writing Project in Toronto, Canada My first memory of school shootings in the news was after the Columbine ...

  • Does Iran's deep religious influence in Iraq translate to politics?

    Does Iran's deep religious influence in Iraq translate to politics?

    Dec 06, 2017 11:25 PM EDT

    ... nation. I do this every year for my fellow Muslims. Reza Sayah: The roadside massage pit stop, free of charge, embodies the charitable spirit of Arbaeen, the annual pilgrimage that marks the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the Muslim Prophet Mohammed's grandson. Pilgrims come by any means from all directions ...

  • The battle for Mosul is over, but this hidden ISIS danger could lurk for years

    The battle for Mosul is over, but this hidden ISIS danger could lurk for years

    Oct 18, 2017 10:20 PM EDT

    ... instructions among the rubble. This was likely an ISIS bomb-making factory, and judging by the crater, a high-value target. Despite the damage, Dean Alubaidy says he will hold classes this fall in alternate buildings, until the campus is ready. He's expecting registration to be in the thousands ...

  • Here's who won (and poked fun) at the Emmy Awards

    Here's who won (and poked fun) at the Emmy Awards

    Sep 18, 2017 07:26 PM EDT

    Colbert's direct shot at the president was just one of the ways politics made its way into Sunday's television awards, from nods to the cut-throat Washington drama “House of Cards” to Alec Baldwin's infamous impersonation on “Saturday Night Live.”

  • Column: Why educators still need to talk about 9/11 -- and Islamophobia

    Column: Why educators still need to talk about 9/11 -- and Islamophobia

    Sep 11, 2017 04:37 PM EDT

    With the anniversary of September 11th, educators have a duty in this social and political climate to take necessary action to create a safe environment for Muslim students and students of color.