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(from left) McKennzie Boyd, Taylor Livingston and Anya JimÃ©nez are among the teenage playwrights chosen to present their work about gun violence, marking the 23rd anniversary of the Columbine shootings.

Young playwrights confront gun violence with their art and say #Enough

Across the country, theaters and civic organizations commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the Columbine school shootings by presenting readings of eight short plays by teenagers.

For Shawny Binladen and his collective the Yellow Tape Boys, sampling is a sacred act — the highest form of respect.

Shawny Binladen and the rise of sample drill

A 27-year-old Queens rapper took a defining hip-hop practice and reinvigorated a subgenre, in New York City and beyond.

Volunteers in Ukraine risk their lives to distribute supplies under constant shelling

In some Eastern Ukraine cities, volunteers risk their lives to deliver food and medicine to those afraid to leave their homes because of constant shelling.

Poetry collection 'Customs' is rooted in un-rootedness

In her highly anticipated second collection, Solmaz Sharif examines the language of rules — exploring conformity and naming losses. Migration, borders, and displacement are constants in these poems.

A colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md.

Monkeypox explained: How to protect yourself and what to watch out for

The World Health Organization and the U.S. have declared monkeypox a public health emergency. From how it spreads to preventive measures, here's what you need to know about the disease.

How palm oil prices are affecting the global economy

The prices of cooking oil are rising. Why that could put global security at risk.

Juan Sánchez Cotán, "Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber," ca. 1602. Oil on canvas.

San Diego Weekend Arts Events: SDMA Reopens, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bach's Birthday, And Chantal Peñalosa

This weekend in the arts: Cauleen Smith, outdoor jazz at Queen Bee's, a year of virtual civic organ concerts, Best Practice and an AjA Project panel.

Miles Hatfield at his Kentucky home, which he had to abandon after it was flooded by runoff from an old coal mine.

How big coal companies avoid cleaning up their messes

A Bloomberg News/NPR investigation found that large U.S. coal companies used bankruptcy and asset transfers to move old mines to shaky new owners, putting at risk federally mandated land reclamation.

A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of a destroyed Russian armored personnel carrier in a village on the frontline of the northern part of the Kyiv region on Monday. Russia says its troops are starting to withdraw from Kyiv, thought the Pentagon believes they will likely be deployed elsewhere in Ukraine.

Russian troops leaving Kyiv area as Moscow focuses more on eastern Ukraine

The Russians are pulling some troops away from Ukraine's capital Kyiv. But what exactly does this mean? U.S. and Ukrainian officials suspect Moscow may just be pausing before another big offensive.

Syrians buy bread at a shop in the town of Binnish in the country's northwestern Idlib province in June. Nowadays, people say they're waiting up to six hours in line for a meager government bread ration.

Imagine Waiting 6 Hours To Buy A Couple Of Bags Of Bread

That's the situation in Syria, where bread shortages are now widespread — and the queues for daily rations stretch on and on. The same goes for gasoline.

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