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The U.S. will slash assistance to Colombia and enact tariffs on its exports because the country's leader, Gustavo Petro, "does nothing to stop" drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday.

Learn how dementia can impact the five senses and discover practical strategies to enhance the well-being of your loved ones. This session explores reminiscence therapy and nature-based dementia care, offering insights on how to improve communication, mood, and quality of life by creating sensory-friendly environments at home and in outdoor spaces. Led by Vicki Kaufmann, MA, MPST, a retired social service administrator and former certified family life educator (CFLE) who was a caregiver for her mother with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia, this class provides valuable tools for caregivers seeking to make a meaningful difference. Visit: Class for Caregivers: Understanding Sensory Challenges in Dementia San Diego Botanic Garden on Instagram and Facebook

For many working adults, the summer can often feel the same as the rest of the year. So, maybe our idea of a "summer read" should encompass a wider swath of books? Here are a few out this week.

All month, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., denounces Trump tariffs and the firing of a senior Labor official, saying Trump needs to "get this under control" or Congress will "be a check on him."

Dr. Francis Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency is facing cutbacks and restrictions under the Trump administration.

A teenaged brother and sister, both U.S. citizens, found themselves handcuffed during an immigration raid caught on video in Oceanside. Agents were after their father, and ended up taking their mother too.

Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.

The Life of a Showgirl isn't just a streaming success — it has moved a massive number of vinyl LPs. How massive? Let's do some math.

The 1931 landmark case Roberto Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District was the first successful school desegregation court decision in the history of the United States. This lecture by Dr. Robert R. Alvarez Jr. will review the specific struggle by the Mexican families of Lemon Grove in the greater context of the Mexican challenge to U.S. school desegregation. The Lemon Grove case illustrates the long-term educational and civil rights struggle for justice by Mexican Immigrants. The case established the rights of their children to equal education, despite local, regional and national sentiment that favored not only segregation, but the actual deportation of the Mexican population in the United States. Current educational equity issues for Mexican immigrant and Chicanx/Latinx communities will be contextualized through regional data compiled by the National Latino Research Center (NLRC). This lecture will also mark the release an NLRC report on Latinx Educational Equity relevant to communities and educators alike. Visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/educational-equality-now-tickets-1105018222249?aff=oddtdtcreator