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After an insurance company made cutbacks, Georgia's 988 response rate to mental health crisis calls "fell off a cliff."

اسنادی که نشان می‌دهد سرکوب خون‌بار دی ماه به دستور علی خامنه‌ای انجام شد

محمد مقیمی درباره کشته شدن معترضان در ایران: جناب آقای رضا پهلوی باید پاسخگوی فراخوان خود باشد

Pendant que les pourparlers en vue d'un accord de paix se poursuivent à Abou Dhabi, en Ukraine les frappes russes continuent et des millions de personnes doivent faire face à des températures glaciales. À Kharkiv, deuxième plus grande ville du pays, un état d'urgence a été déclaré par le maire Ihor Terekhov, alors que des milliers de foyers sont sans chauffage depuis les frappes du 2 au 3 février sur les infrastructures énergétiques du pays. Malgré les conditions difficiles, les Kharkiviens tentent de survivre.

La entidad decana del protocolo en España inicia una nueva etapa y designa a Rafael Vidal Gómez de Travecedo presidente de honor en reconocimiento a su trayectoria.

A standout moment during Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos’ time in Rhode Island’s second-highest executive office was a trip to a mass vaccination clinic in Woonsocket during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Matos, who is originally from the Dominican Republic, recalled a group of young women of color who began to applaud as she walked […]

The administrator of an assisted living center, accused of incompetence in an incident that resulted in an elderly resident freezing to death outside the facility, will retain her state license subject to 10 hours of educational training. According to state records, Dwala Marie Lehman was the administrator at Courtyard Estates at Hawthorne Crossing in Bondurant […]

When my kid gears up for a meltdown, my impulse is to become a puddle right alongside her. On more than one occasion, my daughter has done her best to […]

The Iowa House Higher Education Committee approved legislation Wednesday to fund pediatric cancer research, codify core curriculum requirements, freeze first-year tuition and more. After hearing from families of children diagnosed with different kinds of cancers during a subcommittee meeting, the committee unanimously passed House File 2057 to provide annual pediatric cancer research funding to the […]

Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Memphis schools will be closed again Thursday despite the district officially running out of built-in snow days for the year. Students in Memphis-Shelby County Schools haven’t seen their classrooms since Friday, Jan. 23 on the eve of a weekend winter storm. The district has been shut down since then due to unsafe road conditions caused by persistent ice. “While conditions are improving, many areas, including residential streets, sidewalks, and bus stops remain impassable,” MSCS officials wrote in a social media post Wednesday afternoon. The district budgeted eight built-in days for inclement weather closures this year. MSCS used all of them as of Wednesday. District leaders did not announce any plans for virtual learning, which means students could face an extended school year or shortened breaks to make up missed class time. District officials have not announced how Thursday’s school time will be made up. MSCS could absorb pre-planned professional development days or apply for an emergency waiver from the Tennessee Department of Education. Other districts, including Nashville, have said they will use the upcoming President’s Day holiday to make up a day. Ryhanna Graham, a junior at Whitehaven High School, said the district made the right call to cancel Thursday – and she thinks schools will close on Friday, too. “The roads have been bad, and I live on a hill, so I wouldn’t be able to get to school safely,” she said. “And a lot of people don’t even have cars. Walking on the ice, something bad could happen.” Graham said she’s been completing online assignments for her dual enrollment classes throughout the break. But she hasn’t been able to go into work at Tropical Smoothie Cafe, which is taking a toll on her bank account. “And I take AP classes, where our tests are already scheduled,” she said. “So when we get back, we really have to put pen to paper.” Tennessee school districts are able to use up to five virtual learning days per semester due to weather-related closures. Graham said she doesn’t like that option because online classes can leave some students behind. But Angell Lawson, the parent of a freshman at Power Center Academy, said the district should transition to virtual learning after a couple days off. “Parents are going to be home as well, and these days have to be made up,” Lawson said in an interview. “I feel like the transition back will be almost like starting over at the beginning of the school year. They’ll have to get acclimated again.” But Lawson recognizes that online classes come with logistical barriers, like internet and computer access. And it doesn’t solve the problem of families who rely on school for child care and meals. Graham, the MSCS junior, said she hopes the district will take away scheduled spring break days instead of pushing the school year into the summer. Bri Hatch covers Memphis-Shelby County Schools for Chalkbeat Tennessee. Reach Bri at bhatch@chalkbeat.org.

Los inmigrantes son seres humanos que merecen ser tratados con plena dignidad. Asimismo, la asunción de nuevos ciudadanos entraña una serie de riesgos que las administraciones deben reconocer.

نزدیکان علی استخر به صدای آمریکا؛ «معلوم نیست در خیابان به سرش شلیک کردند یا بعدا تیر خلاص زدند»

The dangerous drift toward a new arms race between Russia and the United States crosses another major threshold tomorrow, February 5, with the expiration of New START — the last treaty limiting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. Vladimir Putin has proposed a year-long extension to the agreement’s terms, but Donald Trump has stonewalled, citing U.S. concerns about a growing nuclear threat from China. Meduza reviews how Moscow and Washington arrived at this precipice, what experts think about the risk of nuclear escalation, and why the halt in mutual monitoring and data exchange is particularly worrisome.

WASHINGTON — Department of Justice attorneys said during a Wednesday hearing in federal court that a final decision will be made by May as to what kind of death penalty charges could be pursued for the suspect accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members in the nation’s capital, killing one and seriously wounding […]

No queda mucho para que asuma el próximo gobierno, pero una pregunta que está instalada es qué va a ocurrir con la oposición. ¿Se va a configurar una oposición? ¿Cómo va a hacer esto? ¿A partir de qué ejes? ¿Cuál será del rol del Partido Comunista? Una de las dificultades tiene que ver con algunas … Continua leyendo "Causa y Efecto: Cuba y la constante fricción interna al interior del Partido Comunista" The post Causa y Efecto: Cuba y la constante fricción interna al interior del Partido Comunista appeared first on BioBioChile.

We spoke with foster care advocates to understand what becoming and supporting foster parents can look like and how crucially they’re needed. The post ‘Willing to stay even when things get hard’: Advocates urge others to become or support foster parents appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Every day, people hoping to win big contribute to the state’s School Aid Fund. But is that money enough to pay for schools?

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma House lawmakers on Wednesday considered measures that would create limitations on the use of food assistance funds in an effort to curtail fraud and cut costs.  One bill would prevent Oklahoma Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars from being spent out of state while another would require the Oklahoma Department of Human […]

WASHINGTON — The top two Democrats in Congress on Wednesday outlined their proposal for restrictions on immigration enforcement, including body cameras and a ban on masks, though they had no details to share about when actual negotiations would begin. Lawmakers from both political parties have less than two weeks to find a solution before the […]

The disbanding of the Office of Health Strategy and a revised hospital tax agreement topped Gov. Ned Lamont’s list of health care priorities.