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Ablaye Ndiaye, who has Down syndrome, carried the torch in the opening ceremonies, brought energy and joy to the court and won a medal in basketball at this year's games, which concluded on Sunday.

As heat waves hit the U.S., delivery drivers are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures. Workers at some of the biggest delivery companies are pushing for more protection against extreme heat.

Please join us on Wednesday, August 31 from 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. to celebrate the launch of The AjA Project’s first self-printed publication: "I’m Still Growing" / "Todavía Estoy Creciendo". This zine, created as part of the Compass Program, focuses on the intersections that wellness practices have with art and art making. Special thanks to teaching artists Alejandro Arreguin Villegas, Andrés Hernández, Zachary Fianza, and Stacey Uy, contributing artists May-Ling Martinez, Andrew Alcasid, and Alanna Airitam, as well as inscriptu printing for their support. Students, partners, and other community members are invited to attend and grab the newest volume of the Compass zine. A suggested $10 dollar donation is encouraged, all donations will go towards the printing of the zine so that we can get it to as many students as possible. The event includes an Artist Panel & Still Life Workshop guided by Andrew Alcasid and May-Ling Martinez. The AjA Project will provide all art materials. 20 people limit. Social distance and masks required. Accessibility: The AjA building is wheelchair accessible including multiple restrooms. Our building is on the MTS 13 bus line, closest stop, Fairmount at University. We have one reserved handicap parking space and limited lot parking/free street parking. Compass vol.2 is available in English, Spanish, and hybrid formats for both digital and physical copies. If you have any questions or concerns about attending our events, please contact communications@ajaproject.org, thank you. SOCIALS: Twitter & Instagram

Political leaders have criticized former President Donald Trump's dinner with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust denier.

California has moved responsibility for youth prisons to the county level, the final step toward local control in a yearslong reform effort aimed at keeping young offenders closer to home and prioritizing rehabilitation over punishment.

Alicia Roth Weigel is one of three activists profiled in Julie Cohen's new documentary. She says intersex is an umbrella term for people whose "anatomy doesn't fit super neatly into a binary box."

Tens of thousands of Californians with disabilities require special accommodations for dental care, but only 14 centers in the state can treat them.

Experts from within and outside OceanGate worried about the safety and development of the Titan as far back as 2018, years before its inaugural dive. One tells NPR its disappearance isn't a surprise.

Scientists want you to know that most balloons come in peace. They're used for experiments to look at everything from cosmic rays to the ozone layer.

Georgia is changing the way students are taught to read. This year a new law requires schools to adopt what's known as Science of Reading and Structured Literacy.