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People fleeing Palma gather in a sports center in the town of Pemba, 250 miles south of Palma on April 2. Many have seen friends and family beheaded or shot and their homes burned.

A Surprising Kind Of First Aid For Mozambicans Fleeing Violence

Psychological first aid is part of the mission of Doctors Without Borders. They hope to give those fleeing the horrors of civil unrest the tools to start moving past their trauma.

Musician Alfred Howard is pictured in an undated photo.

Influential: Alfred Howard's Playlist

Redwoods Music founder and songwriter Alfred Howard made us a playlist of music that influenced him as he kicks off a new, year-long songwriting challenge.

77-year-old Doug Bailey practices walking up a step inside the gym at the new Palomar Health Rehabilitation Institute in Escondido, July 15, 2021.

Fallbrook Man Who Broke Neck Learns How To Walk Again At New Rehab Hospital

Doug Bailey broke his neck and suffered spinal cord damage after a horrible bike accident. He is learning how to walk again with the the help of a new rehabilitation hospital.

Not Much Has Changed With The Taliban, Says Noted Journalist

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist Ahmed Rashid about the Taliban and what they're after in Afghanistan.

Amid Growing Anti-Asian Racism, A Call For More Research Into Its Health Effects

Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.

Employees at the VA Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska take part in a December 2020 employee vaccination event.

The VA Is Mandating Vaccines For Its Health Care Employees, But Enforcement May Be A Challenge

The Department of Veterans Affairs said its frontline health workers must get vaccinated by mid-September or they'll lose their jobs.

Concerns over the spread of coronavirus have forced Comic-Con International to cancel its mass gathering of pop culture fans this July and to instead put the show online. July 18, 2019

Comic-Con@Home Launches Next Week

Virtual edition of pop culture convention to take place of physical show

Protesters chant for Ohio state troopers and Columbus police to take a knee with them in solidarity on the Ohio Statehouse steps on June 1, 2020, in Columbus. A federal judge has ordered Columbus police to stop using force against nonviolent protesters.

Judge Says Columbus Police Ran 'Amok' Against Protesters; Restricts Use Of Force

In a ruling stemming from protests of the murder of George Floyd, a federal judge ordered police in the Ohio city to stop using tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets against nonviolent protesters.

Najibullah Quraishi has won numerous awards for his reporting, including three Emmy awards, a Peabody award, an Overseas Press Club award and a DuPont award. He's currently in Kabul, where he's waiting to hear when he can get a flight out of Afghanistan.

A more moderate Taliban? An Afghan journalist says nothing has changed

Reporting from Kabul, Najibullah Quraishi says the Taliban's vice and virtue squads have reinstituted harsh punishments, including whipping, chopping off hands and even hanging people from cranes.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was captured on cellphone video kneeling on George Floyd's neck for several minutes, still faces a higher charge of second-degree murder.

Court Says Former Officer Who Kneeled On George Floyd's Neck To Stand Trial Alone

A Minnesota judge cited the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as reason to have Derek Chauvin's trial start on March 8, while the other officers involved in Floyd's death will have their trial in August.

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