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Supply chain issues are slowing the production of books ahead of the holidays

Shortages of paper and cardboard — plus issues with warehouse and shipping capacity — are causing havoc in the publishing industry right before the holiday shopping season kicks into gear.

The Briggle family is fighting back after the Texas governor and attorney general said transgender children receiving gender-affirming care are the victims of child abuse.

Texas governor calls gender affirming care 'child abuse.' This family fights back

Texas Child Protective Services opened an investigation into the Briggle family after the governor and attorney general called gender-affirming care child abuse.

The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank sign for their warehouse in Miramar on Nov. 9, 2021.<br/>

San Diego Food Bank deals with rising food costs

The San Diego Food Bank has to double its holiday budget to purchase the same amount of food it provided in 2020.

The Memphis Police Department attained surveillance video showing two armed suspects getting out of a white two-door Mercedes Benz and approaching rapper Young Dolph while he was inside Makeda's Cookies. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mpd1827/posts/4552689674811356"><em>Memphis Police Department</em></a>

Memphis police release photos of 2 suspects wanted over Young Dolph's shooting death

The images show two suspects getting out of a Mercedes armed with guns and wearing sweatshirts, then approaching the rapper, police said.

10 years after the end of Basque separatist violence, some wounds are still open

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Spanish writer Edurne Portela and Tamara Muruetagoiena about the 10 year anniversary of peace in the Basque Country and coming to terms with a history of the conflict.

A copy from the first printing of the U.S. Constitution sold for more than $43 million Thursday night — a world record for a historical document at auction, Sotheby's said.

A crowd-funded group lost an auction for a first edition of the U.S. Constitution

The crowd-funded group ConstitutionDAO narrowly lost out in the hotly anticipated auction. The group had hoped to buy the rare historical document so it could be displayed for the public.

Bill Bozarth climbs a ladder to install an ember-resistant vent at a Lakeside home, June 15, 2021.

San Diego homes to get $24 million from state for wildfire retrofits after county nixed similar program

Some San Diego County residents will soon be able to tap into a $24 million pot of money to retrofit their homes to protect against wildfire as part of a new statewide initiative.

Vova and Kolya, two Moscow boys on summer vacation, play at their family's country home. In the Russian imagination, the dacha occupies a near-mythical place, and Russians of all generations fondly recall childhood summers at the family dacha.

The Dacha Is Russia's Summer Cure For Urban Life

The dacha — a Russian summer home that can be anything from a shack to an oligarch's faux chateau — is both an escape from the city and a state of mind that permeates the country's life and culture.

Schools are struggling to hire special education teachers. Hawaii may have found a fix

In Hawaii, hiring qualified special education teachers became a lot easier after schools started offering a $10,000 pay bump.

Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox warms up in the bullpen before a game against the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park on Aug. 1, 2017.

PETA wants MLB to rename the 'bullpen' to 'arm barn'

A day before Game 3 of the World Series, the animal rights organization released a statement saying the term "bullpen" is insensitive to cows and bulls. The suggestion drew mixed reactions.

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