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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a speech during his visit to Tk'emlups the Secwepemc First Nation in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada on Monday.

Canada's Trudeau apologizes for skipping remembrance for Indigenous school victims

Instead of attending the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Sept. 30, the prime minister and his family were on a seaside holiday in Vancouver.

Jenny Kingston and her eldest son Mark with the family's dogs, San Diego, CA Nov. 8, 2021

Help Wanted: San Diego Unified looking for special needs support

San Diego Unified School District offers financial incentives to qualified applicants who can teach and support children with special needs.

Is it safe to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic?

Is it OK to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic?

Whether you decide to go trick-or-treating with your family in the pandemic might depend on your situation and comfort level.

From left, U.S. Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and NCAA and world champion gymnast Maggie Nichols are shown after their testimony during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Sept. 15 about the FBI handling of the investigation of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse of gymnasts.

Nassar abuse survivors reach $380 million deal with USA Gymnastics, Olympic committee

The two groups and their insurers agreed to a monetary payout and reforms to prevent future abuse in a major settlement with hundreds of gymnasts abused by the former U.S. team doctor

IRC's process to help resettle tens of thousands of Afghan refugees

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Milliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the latest on attempts to resettle Afghan refugees.

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.

A medical worker takes swab samples on residents in central China's Henan province. The northern city of Tianjin ordered a second round of testing on all 14 million residents Wednesday.

China's Tianjin orders more testing on 14 million after omicron reaches city

The city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing on Wednesday in the city about an hour from Beijing, which is set to host the Winter Olympics from February 4th.

After serving a year in the state House as Colorado's first lawmaker to use a wheelchair, Democratic Rep. David Ortiz uses the new House chamber lift to get to the podium and slam the gavel for the very first time.

Colorado's first lawmaker to use a wheelchair will finally get to wield the gavel

State Rep. David Ortiz was paralyzed from the waist down while serving in Afghanistan. To give him access to the House podium, legislative staff say they have built the first lift of its kind.

People attend the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games 100 Day countdown event at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing, China, on Nov. 24, 2021.

China is a Paralympics star, but its people with disabilities face high hurdles

China has dominated the medal count at the last five Paralympic Games. That's in stark contrast with the low level of disability access in Chinese society.

Portland residents wait inside the Oregon Convention Center, which was repurposed as an emergency cooling center during a heat wave in June 2021. Hundreds of people died in the Pacific Northwest due to the heat wave.

Climate change is killing people, but there's still time to reverse the damage

Some ecosystems have already been irreversibly altered, scientists say. And climate change is wreaking havoc on human health.

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