Environmental Public Health and Wellness Research (Out and About)

Environmental Public Health and Wellness Research, our Modern Society, and its Impacts on your health and what you can do to increase your and our society’s well-being Scientifically sound risk assessments and mediation of environmental risks, including vulnerability to heat waves for public health considerations, climate change mitigation in urban mobility and nutrition, impact of […]

The Lavender Center and Clinic (Out and About)

Everyone Deserves a Little TLC Today we will discuss the great work of The Lavender Center and Clinic. The Lavender Center and Clinic is a partnership of an employee-owned and non-profit health care center for ALL communities, ALL genders, and LGBTQAI+ supportive. Offering full service primary care, counseling services, support groups, HIV prevention and treatment, […]

Honolulu Neighborhood Commission & Neighborhood Boards (Out And About)

Honolulu’s Neighborhood Board System—the cornerstone of democracy on Oahu. The Honolulu Neighborhood Commission office is a part of the Honolulu City and County Mayor’s Office and oversees the 33 active Neighborhood Boards and the system of elections, resources, neighborhood plan and relevant assistants and laws, like the Sunshine law, that pertain to the Neighborhood Boards. […]

Hawaii Rainbow Chamber of Commerce (Out And About)

Growing Hawaii’s LGBTQ and Allies Business Community. The Hawaii Rainbow Chamber of Commerce represents small businesses, individuals, corporations, and nonprofit associations whose members share values of promoting equality and diversity in the workplace. The Chamber empowers LGBTQ+ businesses to gain new skills and access resources through education, training, and events connecting the community and its […]

Assets School (Out And About)

Serving gifted and capable students, specializing in those with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences. Today we talk with Ryan Masa, K-8 Principal of Assets School and Ma Ry Kim, a parent of of the students at Assets School. We will learn about this unique and important alternative school that values differences and works with […]

SEEQS: ​the School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability (Out And About)

SEEQS Public Charter School: a collaborative interdisciplinary learning environment where students learn to become educated, engaged and effective stewards of our planet.. SEEQS is a ​public charter middle school​ that equips its students with the skills and habits of mind for success in the 21st century, including critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity. Learners engage […]

Compassion & Choices: The Nation’s Oldest, Largest and Most Active Nonprofit Org (Out And About)

Compassion & Choices: Empowering individuals, Educating the public, and Advocating for Improved Care & Options for the End of Life. Something everyone will face is death. How we face death is an important issue rarely addressed in our society. Issues such as hospice or end of life decision-making are opaque and not well-discussed. Today we […]

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- Roger Cohen and Chris Buckley
China’s Xi Visits Europe, Seeking Strategic Opportunity

The Chinese leader has carefully chosen three countries — France, Serbia and Hungary — that to varying degrees embrace Beijing’s push for a new global order. [...]

- Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu

The global price of gold has reached its highest levels as Chinese investors and consumers, wary of real estate and stocks, buy the metal at a record pace. [...]

- Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Jonathan Wolfe
Police Clear a Pro-Palestinian Encampment at USC for a Second Time

The university has been in turmoil following the decision not to allow its valedictorian, who is Muslim, to speak at graduation. [...]

- Yan Zhuang
Police Arrest Dozens in Protest at Art Institute of Chicago

The Chicago police said that 68 people had been arrested and charged with trespassing. [...]

Sunak needs to own Tory defeats and change course, says Braverman

Tories lost nearly 500 councillors, 10 councils and the West Midlands mayoralty in the elections. [...]

Crossing shut after Hamas fires rockets, Israel says

Israeli media say 10 people were injured as Hamas fired rockets at the Kerem Shalom crossing. [...]

Al Jazeera to be shut down in Israel

Israel accuses Al Jazeera of bias, but the Qatar-based network says Israel wants "to cover up its crimes". [...]

Lord of the Rings and Titanic actor Bernard Hill dies aged 79

Bernard Hill enjoyed a career spanning decades in film and television. [...]

From teenage cyber-thug to Europe’s most wanted

Kivimaki rose through teen cyber gangs to become a Most Wanted criminal responsible for one of the most shocking hacks in history. [...]

Internationally mediated talks on establishing a cease-fire in Gaza have resumed in Egypt. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera has gone off air in Israel after Netanyahu's government ordered the network to close. [...]

Eight candidates are running to take over the presidency, with the frontrunner only recently given the legal go-ahead. [...]

The Qatari TV network is no longer available in Israel after the Cabinet voted to suspend it. Israel has had a tense relationship with the broadcaster, accusing it of bias [...]

A global trend of increasing antisemitism has skyrocketed since Hamas' deadly October 7 attack, a new report has said. The Tel Aviv University report says many Jews across the world [...]

Speaking with DW, Ukrainian civilians share their experiences of fleeing Russian-occupied territories via the only open border crossing between the two countries. [...]

- Michele Kelemen
Netanyahu's government has voted to shut down the Al Jazeera office in Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera. [...]

- Chloe Veltman
The original 'Harry Potter' book cover art is expected to break records at auction

Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000. [...]

- The Associated Press
Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls God an "ally" against Russia in Orthodox Easter message

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be united in prayer and called God an "ally" in the war with Russia. [...]

- The Associated Press
Bodies found in Mexico likely those of missing American and two Australians

Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico's Baja California state are likely to be those of two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping [...]

- Geoff Brumfiel
When rockets fall, some Israeli citizens have nowhere to hide

While most buildings in Israel are required to have bomb shelters, a zoning catch-22 has left Bedouin villagers unprotected. [...]

- Jeanne Whalen

Schools continue to grapple with balancing students’ free speech rights and maintaining an amicable atmosphere ahead of graduation ceremonies. [...]

- Hank Stuever

Paul Reubens, who died Sunday, rose to fame with Pee-wee Herman, a delightfully deranged twist on Peter Pan, presaging our obsession with nostalgia and childhood fun. [...]

- Herb Scribner, Will Sommer

"Sound of Freedom," a low-budget film about child sex trafficking, almost topped the box office. But its star Jim Caviezel has linked it to the QAnon movement. [...]

- Sonia Rao, Emily Yahr

'The Banshees of Inisherin' and Germany’s 'All Quiet on the Western Front' closely followed. [...]

- Matthew Cappucci

The zone from Oklahoma to southern Nebraska is particularly at risk. [...]

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