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Students play during recess at Perkins K-8 in San Diego on January 25, 2024.

For the first time, California law will protect students’ right to recess

Experts say free play time has lasting benefits, particularly for young people’s mental health.

A Tractor Supply Company store pictured in Pittsburgh in 2023. The chain announced a series of changes, including eliminating its DEI roles, in response to conservative backlash.

Tractor Supply slashes its DEI and climate goals after a right-wing pressure campaign

The rural lifestyle retailer, with stores in 49 states, says it will withdraw its carbon emissions goals, cut its DEI roles and stop sponsoring Pride events after an online outcry from conservatives.

Photographs of Ana Cordova and her son, Nolan, at a park at their home in downtown San Diego, California on Jan. 23, 2024.

The way kids play has quietly transformed. Here’s why that matters

As their lives have become less free and more structured in recent decades, kids have also become less happy. Experts say that isn’t a coincidence.

Karen Read, right, smiles as defense attorney David Yannetti, front left, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., after the judge declared a mistrial on Monday.

Karen Read's high-drama murder trial ended with a hung jury. Here's what to know

Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, but alleges a cover-up by his fellow cops. The high-drama case ended in a mistrial and with the lead investigator dismissed. Prosecutors now plan to retry it.

Robert Turner is with his dad, Robert Turner, Sr. As a professor and researcher, the younger man is studying the significant portion of African American men who are caregivers.

Black men are a hidden segment of caregivers. It's stressful but rewarding, too

Almost 40% of caregivers of older adults are men, and a third of that group is Black. But African American men face some issues other guys don't.

So-called atomic veterans who worked on nuclear weapons tests, like this one from July 25, 1946 file photo above Bikini atoll in the Marshall Islands, are fighting to renew funds that compensate them for health effects from their work.

Atomic vets are on the verge of losing federal benefits. Congress hasn't helped

Veterans who helped test nuclear weapons are fighting to renew a 34-year-old law meant to help compensate for the long-term health effects of their work.

Melinda Mattocks-Ushry holds a photo of her brother Kelvin “Chuck” Mattocks at her home in New Bern, N.C., on Dec. 5, 2023.

Trench collapses have killed hundreds of workers in the U.S. over the last decade

More than 250 people have died since 2013 when trenches they were working in caved in. In most cases, the employers failed to follow basic government regulations for making trenches safe.

The sun setting on San Diego on June 21, 2023.

California’s local governments have heavy lift to deal with climate change

A new study found varying degrees of preparation for challenged California governments that will need to deal with the impact of a warming planet.

Eddie Almance (left) and his sister Leila pose for their cousin Ailem Villarreal on the rooftop of the Marriott Hotel in downtown Odessa, Texas, before heading to prom. Their grandmother says that for seven generations, the family members have forged close bonds.

We asked, you answered: What's the secret to a close relationship with siblings?

As part of our series on "the Science of Siblings," we looked at how some brothers and sisters are best friends. Here are some of the stories you shared of close ties with siblings.

They flocked to build China's cities. Now builders are aging with little retirement

A booming migrant workforce helped propel China's growth in the past four decades. Now those workers are approaching retirement age and straining local governments and social services.

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