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Ed Urgiles helps provide homeless addicts in the Midway District with Narcan and other harm reduction resources. He is the program leader for Step In a new outreach to the LGBTQ community, San Diego, CA, July 1, 2022.

Saving LGBTQ lives from drug overdoses and death

The new StepIn program offers harm prevention resources for recreational drug users in the LGBTQ community.

Carlos Barragan stands inside the House of Boxing, a gym he owns and manages on Reo Drive in the Paradise Hills neighborhood of San Diego, on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.

Where San Diegans can expect road repairs under city's 'Sexy Streets' plan

Mayor Todd Gloria’s “Sexy Streets” program has finalized the list of funded road projects. Residents throughout the city’s historically neglected communities will see road repairs. But when?

South Lake Tahoe resident Connor Jones sits with his dog on a smoke-cloaked empty beach in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Monday Sept. 6, 2021.

Lake Tahoe Evacuation Orders Lifted, But Fire Threat Remains

It's a milestone in the fight against a huge wildfire that threatened the Lake Tahoe area: Mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for 22,000 residents of South Lake Tahoe.

More than 100 farmers gathered in the rotunda of the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines to protest three carbon pipelines proposed in Iowa.

These companies say their carbon pipelines would curb climate change. Farmers object

The carbon capture pipelines have been proposed through five Midwest states, but activists say proponents' claims of helping the ethanol industry and curbing climate change are wrong.

A jury clears Elon Musk of wrongdoing related to 2018 Tesla tweets

The verdict by the nine jurors was reached after less than two hours of deliberation following a three-week trial and represents a major vindication for Musk.

As a prospective college student, McKenna Hensley had to wade through confusing and hard-to-compare financial aid letters, trying to understand which college she could afford.

College aid letters are misleading students and need a legal fix

New federal research says colleges mislead students with confusing financial aid letters. The consequences can run from extra debt to quitting school.

Nick Jones at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., on Nov. 8 with his dog Fletcher. This Veterans Day will be Nick's first day as a civilian upon leaving the Marine Corps.

As he leaves the Marines, a Navy Cross recipient finds purpose through tragedy

This Veterans Day will be Nick Jones' first day as a civilian upon leaving the Marine Corps. Forced to leave the military after he was wounded in combat, he struggled with what to do next.

A Ukrainian national flag is seen through a window of a destroyed apartment, on Thursday in Borodianka, Ukraine.

Opinion: The failed promise of 'never again'

NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of a 91-year-old woman who surived the Holocaust, but could not survive Russia's weeks-long assault on Mariupol.

Flat, light rocks like the ones pictured above are favored for skipping stones A new study has found that heavier rocks can also skim the water's surface.

Study shows heavy stones may give big leaps in water — plus real-world implications

Researchers have studied the physics behind heavy stones skipping across the surface of water. They say these findings could be applied to real-world problems like de-icing airplanes.

JoAnne Bland has been giving tours of Selma, Ala., for more than 30 years. Above, Bland is seen at her home in Selma on Dec. 15.

She made civil rights history in Selma. Now, she guides visitors through its past

JoAnne Bland was 11 when she marched in Selma on March 7, 1965, known today as "Bloody Sunday." Her tours are a window into the violence of that day and her city's role in the fight for civil rights.

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