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Tree planters walk into a cut block with no road access, carrying food, water and a full load of trees to be planted. Unpaid walk-ins of up to an hour are not uncommon in remote areas.

How planting trees fostered a sense of belonging and changed this filmmaker's life

Cinematographer Luc Forsyth documents the back-breaking manual labor and niche community of tree planting.

Dancer Bernard Brown is shown in an undated photo. Brown will lead a workshop at the Disco Riot Queer Mvmnt Fest on Saturday, Jun. 25, 2022.

San Diego weekend arts events: Queer Mvmnt Fest, 'New Native Narratives,' a tribute to Thelonious Monk and more

This weekend in the arts: Disco Riot's LGBTQ+ dance festival; "New Native Narratives" and Guillermo Echeveste at The Front; new Park Social activations; Gilbert Castellanos at The Shell; "Freestyle Love Supreme" at The Old Globe; and Pride performances at SDMA.

Ray Reed, a Democratic candidate for MO-02, speaks to prospective senior constituents at Brentwood City Hall in Brentwood, Mo.

Missouri U.S. House candidates hit the campaign trail without set districts or voters

Missouri congressional candidates have no idea where to campaign or which voters to court. That's because, with just months to go until the primary, GOP state lawmakers can't decide on a voting map.

Kimo Ralston gets a wellness exam inside the Helen Woodward Animal mobile unit parked in San Marcos as part of the Meals on Wheels mobile pet health and wellness program. February 11, 2022.

Meals On Wheels launches pet wellness program for seniors

Meals on Wheels is now launching a new service dedicated to seniors' pets.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in a New York courtroom in 2020. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of forcible touching.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleads guilty to forcibly touching a woman

She accused him of touching her at a Manhattan night spot. The court had ruled prosecutors could bring in testimony by two other women who allegedly would accuse him of sexual groping.

Debris surround a home in Waverly, Tenn., over two months after a flood ripped through the town.

A high school senior reflects on her community's resilience after a devastating flood

Zoe Turner survived a flood that killed 20 neighbors. But now that she's graduated high school, she's trying to leave behind the lingering damage and move on to the next phase of her life.

The Q nightclub in New York City received rave reviews after it opened and was often very busy. After just over a year open, the club is not the subject of controversy following a lawsuit.

One of New York's largest LGBTQ clubs is accused of fostering a toxic environment

The celebrity-backed, multilevel Hell's Kitchen nightclub opened a little over a year ago. What ended up being built was far more controversial.

Police vehicles are parked outside the headquarters of the Yonkers Police Department in Yonkers, N.Y. Since 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice has been investigating the Yonkers Police Department and recommending areas for reform.

Alleged police misconduct cost Yonkers, N.Y., millions. The complaints kept coming

An NPR investigation examined records of payouts by the city and found troubling patterns: Plaintiffs alleged that police often used excessive force. And several officers were repeatedly named.

Australian shadow foreign affairs minister Penny Wong speaks to media in Darwin, Australia, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Australia's opposition party promises to establish a Pacific defense school to train neighboring armies in response to China's potential military presence on the Solomon Islands.

Australian opposition party vows to train Pacific armies

The announcement comes amid concerns that other Pacific island countries financially weakened by the pandemic and its impact on tourism could be lured by China into similar deals.

Annie-Lois Acheampong, 13, from Accra, Ghana, reacts during the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday in Oxon Hill, Md.

The National Spelling Bee returns to its usual venue for the first time in 3 years

Spellers were greeted with a new preliminary-round format that gave them no time to get comfortable. They had to get through three words in one turn at the microphone to continue in the bee.

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