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The organizers of the annual sports festival in Istanbul see it as an opportunity to create and reclaim spaces for the LGBTQ community in Turkey, and to rethink how sports are practiced and played.

Japan adopted a plan to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build new ones, a major shift in a country scarred by the Fukushima disaster.

The National Guard fell about 9,000 troops short of its goal in 2022. Some states are improving their outreach and incentive plans to try to counter that trend.

Join author George Galdorisi as he speaks about his newest book, AI at War. This book is the first to deal with the military and naval application of artificial intelligence (AI) in a comprehensive and pragmatic fashion. It presents the widest possible viewpoints on the actual (as opposed to theoretical) use of AI in war and will appeal to all interested in this subject. George Galdorisi is Director of Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures for the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific. Prior to joining NIWC Pacific, he completed a thirty-year career as a naval aviator, culminating in 14 years of consecutive experience as executive officer, commanding officer, commodore, and chief of staff. He began his writing career in 1978 with an article in U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings. He has written fourteen books, including the New York Times best seller, Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor, the novelization of the Bandito Brothers/Relativity Media film and The Kissing Sailor, which proved the identity of the two principals in Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous photograph. His reboot of the best-selling Tom Clancy’s Op-Center Series includes three consecutive the New York Times best sellers, Out of the Ashes, Into the Fire and Scorched Earth. His most recent fiction project is a new series of Rick Holden thrillers published by Braveship Books (The Coronado Conspiracy, For Duty and Honor and Fire and Ice). His most recent non-fiction project is AI at War How Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Are Changing Naval Warfare. Additionally, he has published more than four hundred articles in professional journals and national newspapers. Date | Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 11am Location | Coronado Public Library (Winn Room) Register here! For further information on this event please visit, https://coronado.librarycalendar.com/event/hour-george-galdorisi

Show you care by dining where it matters. Promises2Kids has partnered with 37 local restaurants to raise funds for 3,000 San Diego foster children. The campaign will run throughout the month of May, in celebration of National Foster Care Month. Each restaurant will designate select menu items which will support the Foodies 4 Foster Kids campaign. Funds raised will benefit foster children by reuniting siblings living apart in foster care, supporting high school and college students in reaching their educational goals, providing birthday gifts, school clothes and opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities, and providing an emergency shelter where children feel safe and cared for. Participating restaurants include Waverly, The Crack Shack, Ranch 45, Sisters Pizza, Barrel & Board, Hammond’s Gourmet Ice Cream, Urban Plates, Park & Rec, and more. Learn more about the participating restaurants at https://promises2kids.org/foodies2022/ 
Promises2Kids helps foster children overcome the difficulties of their past and grow to become healthy and successful adults. The community is invited to support Promises2Kids by dining in or ordering online at participating businesses. The community can also make an online gift at give.promises2kids.org/foodies4fosterkids2022 Promises2Kids is on Facebook + Instagram + @promises2kids on Twitter

The city could face consequences including fines and loss of land use authority.

Earlier this year, three activists who are opposed to COVID vaccines and standard treatment protocols for the illness were elected to the board of Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

For Hispanic Heritage Month, we're listening to new music from the region's Hispanic and Latinx bands and musicians — plus some upcoming live shows.

Premieres Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video app. In Venezuela, amidst a backdrop of poverty, murder, and corruption, the El Sistema youth orchestra offers children hope and the opportunity to pursue a life of art in spite of the harshness of the society around them. Yet the country’s spiraling collapse and political repression threatens the musicians’ dreams of a better life.

A San Diego nonprofit, which teaches teenage girls to use drones to discover their heritage, has taken the program to Ghana.