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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum at Columbia University in New York City in April 2015.

Hillary Clinton joins Columbia University as a professor and fellow in global affairs

The former secretary of state will teach in the School of International and Public Affairs as well as work on global policy initiatives with Columbia World Projects.

A correctional officer closes the main gate at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., in 2020. In September 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that requires the state to house transgender prisoners based on their gender identity. The law became effective in 2021, and the state has started slowly moving inmates who have requested a change and gone through steps for approval.

California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab

The goal is to turn it into a site where inmates can be rehabilitated and receive job training before returning to society.

ARCS San Diego 2022 Scientist of the Year Virtual Event

Each year ARCS San Diego, a local non-profit led entirely by women, hosts a Scientist of the Year fundraiser, which honors a preeminent local scientist. This year’s honoree, Dr. Ardem Patapoutian, is a professor of neuroscience at Scripps Research and winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Date | Sunday, April 24 (4:00-5:15 pm PDT) Location | Virtual Weblink Register here! Free Event Registration required All funds raised at this event will go towards financial awards to support ARCS Scholars who make outstanding contributions to advance science and keep America competitive on the global stage, which is the ARCS mission. As indicated by its name – Achievement Rewards for College Scientists – ARCS provides financial awards to promising graduate students who are pursuing degrees in science, engineering and medical research. Since its inception in 1985, the San Diego Chapter of ARCS has given more than $11.3 million to support graduate students at four local institutions: UC San Diego, SDSU, USD, and Scripps Research. For further information on this event and/or to register, go to: https://san-diego.arcsfoundation.org/2022-scientist-year-virtual-event

Civilians take shelter in Akademmistechko Metro during an air alert on Monday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia renewed its missile attacks across Ukraine on Monday.

Russia strikes again at Ukraine's energy system, but damage is limited

Russia unleashed a new wave of airstrikes at Ukraine, aimed at destroying the power grid. The attacks caused damage and casualties, but Ukraine said it shot down most of the incoming missiles.

Jermya López, 8, Xavier López's brother, and his niece Katalina Mata, 1, play on top of Annabelle Rodríguez's grave on Day of the Dead.

Día de los Muertos takes on new meaning in Uvalde

Día de los Muertos, honors loved ones who have passed, the holiday resonated in Uvalde, Texas with a deeper degree of tragedy this year after the community lost 19 children and two teachers last May.

Eric Holder listens during his murder trial last month in Los Angeles.

Jury finds man guilty of murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle

Jurors have found a 32-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder for the 2019 fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle.

Among the findings in the latest NPR/PBS <em>NewsHour</em>/Marist poll is that Democrats are losing ground on which party voters want to control Congress and inflation being the top issue — with voters saying they trust Republicans more on the issue by 20 points.

Key GOP groups are more fired up to vote in midterms than Democrats, NPR poll finds

The last NPR survey before all votes have to be cast shows inflation continues to be the top concern for voters, and Republicans are trusted more than Democrats on the issue by 20 points.

This choir from South Africa spent two years singing in Britain, and even performed for Queen Victoria in 1891. But their journey did not end well.

Victorian England met a South African choir with praise, paternalism and prejudice

The singers traveled to England for a tour to raise money to build a technical college. Their up-and-down experience is a reminder of the racial biases that persist today.

A man and a boy walk across the almost dried-up bed of river Yamuna following hot weather in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022. According to a report released by the World Meteorological Organization on Monday, May 9, 2022, the world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years.

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026

A new report says there's nearly a 50-50 chance that world will hit a key warming threshold in the next five years.

Tyler Childers will release a new album, <em>Rustin' in the Rain, </em>on Sept. 8. The video for the record's first single, "In Your Love," depicts a love story between two miners. Childers' friend and collaborator, the writer Silas House, says that he wanted to show that stories like this "are part of the story of Appalachia, too. These are human stories, not political stories."

Tyler Childers is back, and taking chances

The grassroots country star, whose fan base crosses lines of identity and politics, is releasing a song called "In Your Love," from a new album. Its video tells a queer, Appalachian love story.

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