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The University of San Diego has started a masters program for restorative justice, joining just three other programs across the country, it was announced Tuesday.

G7 leaders are meeting in Italy, where Pope Francis will join them to talk about the ethics of artificial intelligence.

Courts are tackling the question of whether sale-leaseback deals function more like a mortgage than an outright sale — and therefore should be regulated like a loan.

Winona LaDuke is a Harvard-educated economist, thought leader and lecturer in climate justice, renewable energy, and environmental justice. She is the co-chair of the Indigenous Women’s Network, an advocate for protecting Indigenous plants and heritage foods from patenting and genetic engineering, and she has written extensively on environmental issues. Join us as she discusses various concepts for making our economy more sustainable, improving our agricultural practices and creating a multicultural democracy. Please note registration is required and Spanish translation is available. ¿Habla español? Haz click aquí para aprender más sobre esta velada—traducción simultánea estará disponible para partcipantes. Arrive early to receive a copy of the book! 5:00 p.m. | Sustainability Resource Fair 6:00 p.m. | Author Talk 7:00 p.m. | Book Signing This program is a collaboration of the San Diego Circuit Libraries, including San Diego Public Library, San Diego County Library, University of California San Diego, San Diego State University, University of San Diego Copley Library and Law Library, and California State University San Marcos. The resource fair will include tables, information and more. Sustainability partners will also be joining, including the Solana Center, SANDAG, City of San Diego Community Emergency Response Team, City of San Diego Environmental Services and San Diego County Sustainability & Environmental Services. Funding for this program is provided by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement Number U24LM014070 with the University of Iowa, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System. For more information visit: sandiego.librarymarket.com

Maya James and Cheyenne Walker co-founded the Howard University Ice Skating Organization, the first figure skating team at a Historically Black College or University.

In the wake of campus protests, Republican leaders in the Legislature say that students who committed violent or criminal acts shouldn’t receive Cal Grants.

The nation's top doctor issued an advisory on Tuesday declaring gun violence a public health crisis and prescribing policy changes to treat it as such. It's both unprecedented and unenforceable.

Scientists are looking at the ways humans change the planet — and the impact that has on the spread of infectious disease. You might be surprised at some of their conclusions.

Sensationalized and out-of-context videos from influencers are helping to elevate the false and racist rumors that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating pets.

Freeways are not free. We pay for them in all kinds of ways — with our tax dollars, our time, our environment and our health. While freeways have enabled huge amounts of economic growth, they've also caused displacement and division. Learn the forgotten history of our urban freeway network, and how decades after that network was finished, some communities are still working to heal the wounds that freeways left behind. As climate change threatens to wreak havoc on our cities, freeways are not just a part of the problem. They can also be part of the solution.