High school bullying is up, attendance down as ICE raids sow ‘climate of distress,’ study says

A new survey of public high school principals across the U.S. found widespread, heightened distress among students from immigrant families amid ICE raids.

Prayer hands, closed fists: Religious leaders react to treatment of immigrants

As Christmas approaches, religious leaders throughout the country have used holiday iconography to reflect the increasingly ...
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In Alaska’s warming Arctic, photos show an Indigenous elder passing down hunting traditions

An Inupiaq elder teaches his great-grandson to hunt in rapidly warming Northwest Alaska where thinning ice, shifting caribou migrations and severe storms are reshaping life. A mining road recently app ...
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More loons are filling Maine's lakes with their ghost-like calls

Maine’s loons are on the mend, filling more of the lakes and ponds in the state with their haunting calls. Maine is home to a ...

Events: Local and regional things to do include Menorah Lighting, Santa Sleigh Ride Parade and more

A Menorah Lighting will be held at One Paseo in Carmel Valley on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 5 p.m.The Chanukah Celebration, a project of Chabad of Rancho Santa Fe and Chabad of Carmel Valley, is for the ...