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A northern pintail duck was also killed and three other flamingos were injured, according to the zoo.

Wondering how bad the coronavirus crisis is going to get where you live? New modeling offers state-by-state projections.

The past year has forced us to think differently about how our choices directly impact those around us. It challenged our perceptions of safety, risk, and uncertainty. Nevertheless, marginalized, oppressed, and displaced peoples around the globe continue to pursue justice. Join our virtual panel as we discuss the parallels between local, regional, and global voices and movements for social justice. This empowering event will emphasize recognition and dignity; but also acknowledges bias, marginalization, violence, and other limits to identification, association, and mobility. Dr. Antonio De La Garza will share unique perspectives on the intersection of migration and gender in the US/Mexico borderlands. Henry Edward Frank will share American Indian views from Northern California. Dr. Meshack Simati intends to discuss electoral rules, elections, election violence, and judicial independence in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Darren Byler’s expertise on the ongoing struggles for the Uyghur people in Western China will enlighten the audience on how this group of indigenous Chinese continue to pursue dignity in the face of an authoritarian regime. Date | Thursday, October 14 from noon to 2 p.m. Location | Virtually through Zoom Reserve your spot here! CSUSM Students: Free Community: Optional donation Faculty/Staff/Alumni: Optional donation For more information, please visit the CSUSM Arts & Lectures site or email Gina Jones at gjones@csusm.edu. 

In this dynamic presentation using poetry and testimonio, Irene Sanchez, Ph.D. will share her experiences as a high school Latinx Studies teacher. Teaching for the empowerment of our communities means training Teachers of Color to know and love the students they teach, while supporting their growth throughout their careers, particularly in those critical first years. Dr. Sanchez will share her experiences on how teaching history is not enough, and that in order to teach for social justice, teachers must connect the past to the present and to students' lived experiences, so that the next generation will realize they have the capacity to make a change for a better tomorrow, today.   Dr. Sanchez is an Ethnic Studies high school teacher in Azusa Unified School District and an instructor in Ethnic Studies Education for the Ethnic Studies Certificate with UC Riverside Extension. She is a writer, and her commentary has been featured on CNN, Huffington Post, and Public Radio International. Dr. Sanchez was selected as a Spring 2021 Teaching Fellow for the Pulitzer Center and a member of the 2019-2020 Teacher Advisory Council for the National Humanities Center. Date | Tuesday, October 19 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Location | Virtual Reserve your spot here! CSUSM Students: Free Community: Optional donation Faculty/Staff/Alumni: Optional donation For more information, please visit the CSUSM Arts & Lectures site or email Gina Jones at gjones@csusm.edu.

Irma Garcia was one of two teachers killed at Robb Elementary last week. Then, two days later, her husband of 24 years died of a heart attack, leaving their four children without parents.

Despite a high risk of brain injuries, military personnel rarely develop a disabling brain condition often found in former boxers and football players.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the man was a Sri Lankan national who was inspired by the Islamic State group and described the incident as a terror attack.

Amid all the chaos of the Trump presidency, he has been consistent in his fixation on emphasizing and protecting his own manhood. Rioters at the Capitol reflected that attitude on Jan. 6.

The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in a key environmental case, WV v. EPA, says the federal agency lacks authority to use greenhouse gas emissions caps to force fossil fuel power plants out of business.

The justices have agreed to hear a case next term about how much power state legislatures have over how congressional and presidential elections are run. It could upend election laws across the U.S.