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Increased car and foot traffic coupled with rising sea levels have driven parts of the Tidal Basin area underwater.

Landscape Architects Unveil Plans To Save The National Mall's Tidal Basin

With increased car and foot traffic, the ground underneath the Tidal Basin — home to memorials to Thomas Jefferson, FDR and MLK Jr. — is sinking. As sea levels rise, the walkways flood daily.

Asha Gond, 21, with her skateboard. She tried the sport when a skatepark was set up in her rural village and is now one of India's top female skateboarders.

Skateboarding Gives Freedom To Rural Indian Teen In Netflix Film — And In Real Life

A new Netflix movie called Skater Girl chronicles the journey of an Indian teenage girl who discovers a life-changing passion for skateboarding. It's also the story of Asha Gond.

Amina (Tina Machale Brown) and Ryan (Devin Wade) are Cleveland police officers whose relationship is thrown into turmoil when he shoots an unarmed Black person in the play "Sheepdog."

OnStage Playhouse Returns To Live Performances With 'Sheepdog'

Chula Vista based company stages new work about timely issues

COMIC: Director Jon M. Chu's Long Journey From Home Videos To 'In The Heights'

Hollywood director Jon M. Chu got his start splicing VHS tapes of home videos, but it took him two decades — and acceptance of his cultural identity — to realize what stories he really wanted to tell.

Nyle DiMarco attends the premiere of "A Quiet Place Part II" at Lincoln Center on March 8, 2020 in New York. In his new Netflix series <em>Deaf U</em>, DiMarco turns the camera on students at Gallaudet University.

With 'Deaf U,' Nyle DiMarco Strives To Show 'There Is No One Right Way To Be Deaf'

The model and activist, who himself is deaf, says his new Netflix reality show offers "an entrance into our world, which is so rich in culture and so layered and diverse."

Zahid Quraishi was confirmed as a U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey.

The Senate Has Just Confirmed The First Muslim American Federal Judge In U.S. History

Zahid Quraishi was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey by a Senate vote of 81-16.

The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a standoff with social media companies over what content gets investigated or blocked online, and who gets to decide.

India And Tech Companies Clash Over Censorship, Privacy And 'Digital Colonialism'

India's new social media rules give the government broad powers to block some content and break encryption. It's the latest in a standoff with tech companies over censorship, privacy and free speech.

Signs on a screen are shown prior to an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Tokyo last month.

Japan Aims To Convince A Wary Public The Olympics Will Be Safe

Anger at the government's insistence on pushing ahead with the games remains intense, but Japan's ramped-up vaccination campaign may be helping to ease some safety fears.

Northern lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky over Reinfjorden in Reine, on Lofoten Islands, Arctic Circle, on September 8, 2017.

What Causes The Northern Lights? Scientists Finally Know For Sure

An article suggests the natural light show starts when disturbances on the sun pull on Earth's magnetic field, creating cosmic waves that launch electrons into the atmosphere to form the aurora.

San Diego Comic Fest celebrates the centennial of filmmaker and stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen, left, and science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.

San Diego Comic Fest Returns For 8th Year

Comic book convention calls itself "friendly, intimate"

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