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A home that was destroyed by wildfire in Altadena, Calif.

For survivors of disasters, a new way to start healing the trauma

From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.

'Institutional neutrality': How one university walks a fine line on Gaza protests

School is back in session, and the line between providing campus security and allowing for free speech is still extremely thin.

A child undergoing cancer treatment. Countries in the Global South often have far lower survival rates for childhood cancer than in wealthy nations.

For a kid with cancer, where they live has a huge impact on whether they'll survive

In wealthy countries, a child diagnosed with cancer often has an excellent chance of survival. But in lower resource countries, survival rates are dramatically lower. What's going on?

Mourners gather outside Club Q to visit a memorial, which has been moved from a sidewalk outside of police tape that was surrounding the club, on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Colorado Spring, Colo.

San Diego native awarded Carnegie Medal for stopping Colorado nightclub gunman

Richard M. Fierro, a Mira Mesa High School and San Diego State University graduate, helped subdue the shooter who committed the Nov. 19, 2022, rampage at Club Q in Colorado Springs.

The ray spider is about the size of a grain of sand, yet it weaves a web with a twist to help it catch its prey.

Slingshot spiders rely on good vibrations to catch supper

The tiny ray spider uses launches its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice in the superhero world, this ability is actually unusual in spiders.

The Purdue Pharma offices, May 8, 2007, in Stamford, Conn.

Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement of lawsuits over OxyContin

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the prescription painkiller.

Don Cameron, the Vice President and General Manager of Terranova Ranch, stands near the canal on the ranch on Feb 21, 2025. Cameron has installed several miles of canals, headgates, and pump systems to bring more water to his Terranova Ranch from the Kings River during floods. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Even in wet years, wells are still dry. Why replenishing California’s groundwater is painfully slow

The governor vowed to clear the way for more groundwater recharge. Has it worked? “We’re still tinkering around with small numbers,” one expert says.

President Donald Trump arrives on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017.

The surprising reason why the Park Service won't count folks at Trump's inauguration

The National Park Service stays out of the debates about crowd sizes — including for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

What's next for Kamala Harris

Inauguration Day marks the first time in more than 20 years that Kamala Harris will not be in public office. "It is not my nature to go quietly into the night," she told allies on Thursday.

A teenage girl wearing a face mask, head scarf and long black robe, listens to a math teacher at a tutoring center in Kabul. The center was established by a women's rights activist to circumvent a Taliban ban on girls attending secondary school. The activist said she has informal permission by Taliban authorities to run the center as long as teenage girls abide by a strict dress code.

Many Afghan men believe in women's rights. But they're afraid to speak out

Men rarely speak out to protest the Taliban's stripping away of the rights of girls and women. A new study finds that many believe those lost rights should be restored.

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