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Officials in the Salmon River Central School District in Fort Covington, New York, have acknowledged that wooden boxes were constructed and used to confine elementary school children, including Native children, with disabilities. The practice was ended in December 2025 after these images, confirmed as authentic by school officials, circulated on social media. In a new report, New York's state has ordered sweeping reforms at the public school.

Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming

State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified.

Wildlife Jewels 'EYES' La Jolla: King Tides Wildlife Walk

Join Wildlife Jewels® for a fun, family-friendly coastal stroll during King Tides Week. Explore the La Jolla coastline and spot coastal wildlife and hear real stories of unique local residents from field monitoring and rescues. Discover how these extreme tides reshape the shore, why they matter for the future, and how your sightings and quick reporting can help protect our precious coastal & marine wildlife neighbors. Visit: https://www.wildlifejewels.org/wildlife-jewels-eyes-la-jolla-king-tides-wildlife-walk Wildlife Jewels on Instagram and Facebook

The orange haze covering the San Diego skyline on Sept. 15, 2020, because of smoke from wildfires across California, including the Valley Fire in rural East County.

Researchers link wildfire smoke to hundreds of excess deaths each year in San Diego County by 2050

California could see 4,500 more deaths a year than today and San Diego County could see hundreds more deaths each year.

Winnie Mandela raises her fist during the funeral for 17 people who were killed during fierce rioting on Wed. March 5, 1986 in Johannesburg's Alexandra township.

New Netflix documentary reexamines Winnie Mandela's divisive legacy

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters examine the liberation icon in all her complexity.

Elise Trouw

“I started writing these songs as a joke,” she says. “But over time I realized – they weren’t completely jokes. And suddenly, they were the only songs I was writing that felt real.” Across 14 tracks – each one a diary entry of sorts – "The Diary of Elon Lust" dissects modern masculinity through playful, uncomfortable, occasionally absurd vignettes that blend humor and social commentary with deeply personal truth. The songs are bolder. The lyrics are sharper. The satire is pointed – but never preachy. Visit: https://musicboxsd.com/event/14655453/elise-trouw-presents-the-diary-of-elon-lust-tour-w-alex-bone/ Elise Trouw on Instagram and Facebook

Surf's down! Munich, until now an inland surfing hotspot, has lost its biggest wave

Munich's famous river wave, the Eisbachwelle, vanished after a dredging in early November. Authorities are working to resurrect the beloved wave but impatient surfers have also tried their own methods.

Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrests

Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.

Jolyon (Danny Griffin) and Frances (Tuppence Middleton) in THE FORSYTES.

THE FORSYTES On MASTERPIECE

Premieres Sunday, March 22 - April 26, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. *Members can binge episodes starting the night of the premiere! Desire, ambition and betrayal simmer at the heart of the sumptuous costume drama. Inspired by John Galsworthy’s celebrated Forsyte Saga novels, THE FORSYTES portrays events that take place before those covered in Galsworthy’s books. Watch a preview >

Contact tracing is the public health tool that keeps diseases contained. Health workers reach out to those individuals who were exposed to someone who has a contagious disease to monitor their health and to prevent further spread.

Contact tracing could be key in halting the spread of hantavirus. Here's how it works

More than two dozen passengers left the cruise ship before the outbreak was identified. The race is on to connect with them to monitor their health — and the health of those they've interacted with.

Scott Kwiatkowski from takes part in a demonstration at the Utah State Capitol to oppose the construction of a data center in the state on May 23, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Support and opposition to artificial intelligence is drawing tens of millions of dollars of spending during the midterm election cycle.

AI and tech are trying to influence the midterm elections

The massive spending and heated rhetoric in midterm races reflect the AI industry's political fault lines and competing visions of what the future should look like.

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