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Zooey Zephyr, state Rep.-elect for the 100th district of the Montana House of Representatives, is the first openly trans woman to be elected in the state legislature. Zephyr poses for a portrait at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington D.C., on Dec. 2, 2022.

After record election year, some LGBTQ lawmakers face a new challenge: GOP majorities

Montana state Rep.-elect Zooey Zephyr is the first openly trans woman elected to the state legislature. She and other lawmakers across the country are now faced with trying to curb anti-LGBTQ bills.

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a luncheon on April 28 in Salt Lake City.

Mike Pence might run for president. So supporters are launching a super PAC to fund it

As former Vice President Mike Pence weighs whether or not to run for president in 2024, his backers are putting money up to fund a run.

Budae jjigae, or army stew, is a Korean fusion stew that incorporates American style processed food.

Living with an eating disorder, a teen finds comfort in her favorite Korean food

Grace Go, a 17-year-old rising senior at Mercer Island High School outside Seattle, is the winner of the first-ever Best Mental Health Podcast Prize from NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

Surrounded by members of Congress, civil rights leaders and members of the Till family, President Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.

Biden designates a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother

The national monument, at sites in Illinois and Mississippi, will help protect places that tell Till's story, as well as reflect the activism of his mother.

Lucinda Williams' <em>Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart</em> is out June 30.

On her new album, Lucinda Williams asserts her legacy as a great American rock star

On the singer-songwriter's 16th studio album Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart, Williams is at her most emotionally uncompromising and astute.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) shows off his inked finger, standing next to his wife Bun Rany, left, after voting a ballot at a polling station in Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 23, 2023.

Hun Sen's party claims a win in Cambodian election after opposition was suppressed

Longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen's party was assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression any real opposition.

At a press conference, a coalition of San Diego County leaders spoke out against the detachment of the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District from the San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, July 7, 2023.

County leaders rally against water 'divorce' with Fallbrook and Rainbow

Officials said allowing Fallbrook and Rainbow to leave the San Diego County Water Authority would raise rates for everyone.

FALCK ambulances parked outside Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, Calif. Feb. 16, 2023.

San Diego gets what it expected, more ambulances serving the city

For the first time since taking over San Diego’s ambulance contract in November 2021, Falck officials reported they hit their staffing requirement for the month of June.

A woman works in one of the meeting rooms at Hera Hub's Sorrento Mesa offices. Hera Hub is a shared office space for women.

Study finds salary transparency could help close pay gap

A new study from UCSD suggests that companies take action to close the gender pay gap when salary transparency mandates are made law.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tours the site of destroyed buildings during his visit to the city of Kahramanmaras, in southeast Turkey, on Wednesday, two days after the severe earthquake that hit the region.

As the earthquake death toll soars, so does criticism of Turkey's government response

Critics are laying into the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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