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Cody Patton, superintendent of Harrold Schools.

A tiny Texas school district 'in the middle of nowhere' is arming half its staff

The only school in Harrold, Texas, has 100 to 125 students, and the district has 27 employees. Half are learning to shoot weapons because the nearest sheriff's deputy is at least 20 minutes away.

Members of the Jane Collective, an underground group that helped women get abortions before it was legal, in a still from the documentary <em>The Janes.</em>

Before Roe v. Wade, a secret group provided abortions. Two new films tell the story.

Before Roe v. Wade, Heather Booth started an underground network to help women obtain illegal abortions. Known as the "Jane Collective," it's the subject of two films at Sundance this year.

Aleksandra Makoviy said she isn't the only Ukrainian mother to write emergency contact info on their children since the war began.

A Ukrainian mom scribbled her contact info on her daughter's back as the war erupted

As bombed rained down on the streets of Kyiv, Aleksandra Makoviy wanted to make sure that her 2-year-old would be safe. The only way to do that was by writing her phone number on the girl's back.

"I remember there was a river next to the hotel, or across the street. And I walked along that," Keith Jarrett says of the tour stop captured on <em>Bordeaux Concert.</em> "That's what I remember."

Keith Jarrett's eternal balancing act

Keith Jarrett's two strokes in 2018 left the pianist unable to perform publicly. On the occasion of Bordeaux Concert, WBGO's Nate Chinen caught up with Jarrett.

This Jan. 15, 2020, still image from dashboard camera video released by the Connecticut State Police shows Trooper Brian North after discharging his weapon and fatally shooting Mubarak Soulemane following a high-speed chase.

A Connecticut trooper who shot a Black driver to death is charged with manslaughter

Trooper Brian North fired seven gunshots into a car, killing 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane in 2020 after a high-speed chase. North said he feared Soulemane would attack other officers with a knife.

The International Space Station depends on a mix of U.S. and Russian parts. "I hope we can hold it together as long as we can," says former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.

Russia's war in Ukraine is threatening an outpost of cooperation in space

For decades, U.S. astronauts and Russian cosmonauts have lived side-by-side aboard the International Space Station. Now some are wondering whether that partnership can withstand the war in Ukraine.

People sit under Delta sign at Salt Lake City International Airport on July 1, 2021. Delta Air Lines won't force employees to get vaccinated, but it's going to make unvaccinated workers pay a $200 monthly charge.

Majority of Americans want masks for travelers: AP-NORC poll

The poll finds that 56% of Americans favor requiring people on planes, trains and public transportation to wear masks.

The San Diego Central Jail is shown on March 11, 2021.

State audit: San Diego County fails to curb inmate deaths

Inmate deaths in San Diego County jails have ranked among the highest in California for the past 15 years.

5 YA books that offer a nuanced reading experience for summer

Beach reads are great — but here are some new books offering the stuff of sticky, heat-stroke dreams; overgrown, light-filled wildflower fields; and twisted alleys of old cities waking from winter.

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.

Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated sex abuse victims, report says

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to an independent report.

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