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Matthew Hanks labels a pottery shard in the Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis office. Hanks is part of the Corps Veterans Curation Program, which employs veterans to help maintain artifacts unearthed in various Corps projects.

Archives, artifacts, and 'a lot of rocks': The Army Corps of Engineers is training veterans for jobs

An Army Corps of Engineers program teaches former troops how to do curation work, while also preparing them for jobs in other fields.

This illustration shows the DART spacecraft approaching the two asteroids, Didymos and Dimorphos, with a small observing spacecraft nearby.

Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA crashed into an asteroid to test planetary defense

NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test of planetary defense. Now it will determine whether the mission was able to alter the asteroid's course.

Shruti Rajkumar sitting in a wheelchair at a museum in Washington, D.C.

The ADA was a victory for the disabled community, but we need more. My life shows why

The Americans With Disabilities Act turns 32 this year, and while its anniversary is one to be celebrated, it also calls for a reflection on what more can be done for disability rights.

Journalist Jacob Goldstein traces the advent of paper money back to 1000 AD China. Above, $100 notes are printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.

Money is 'A Made Up Thing' — but that doesn't change rising inflation

Author and podcaster Jacob Goldstein says we don't think of money as a technology, but we should. He traces the first paper currency to China's Sichuan province, and ponders the Fed's next move.

San Diego Repertory Theatre co-founders Sam Woodhouse and Doug “D.W.” Jacobs in 1982 at the original Lyceum Theatre in downtown San Diego.

San Diego Rep apologizes to past cast members following allegations of racism, misogyny

Rep artistic director Sam Woodhouse admitted "errors" and offered a "sincere apology."

At their most recent General Convention, the Episcopal church passed resolutions supporting gender-affirming care and developing resources to welcome and support transgender and nonbinary people.

Trans religious leaders say scripture should inspire inclusive congregations

As some evangelicals push to restrict civil rights for trans people, other Christians use similar sacred texts and traditions to build a theology that embraces trans lives as part of God's creation.

Enrique Acosta fills up his work truck at a Chevron gas station in San Diego's Del Cerro neighborhood, July 1, 2022.

California’s gas tax increase raises already sky-high prices

California’s high gas prices got a little higher Friday as the state gas tax went up 3 cents a gallon.

Pam Whitehead, executive director of the anti-abortion ProLove Ministries, leads a workshop for staff at a crisis pregnancy center in Texas, weeks after <em>Roe v. Wade</em> was overturned.

Anti-abortion groups are getting more calls for help with unplanned pregnancies

With abortion illegal in a growing number of states, both groups that help patients access the procedure and those who oppose it are reporting more calls for help.

President Biden is welcomed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah. He was later greeted by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

Will he or won't he? Watchful eyes are on Biden's handshakes on his Middle East trip

On Friday, the president shared a fist-bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. One day earlier, an Israeli singer declined President Biden's hand.

A group of male detainees at an Indiana jail were given the keys to female detainees' cells and allowed to sexually and verbally assault the women, a federal lawsuit alleges.

Female inmates allege they were raped after a guard sold cell access for $1,000

A lawsuit alleges officers at an Indiana jail watched the incident play out, but didn't intervene. A lawyer for the sheriff's office has said the women are seeking financial gain from the department.

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