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Where gun violence is common, some students say physical safety is a top concern
by Meg Anderson
The federal government is investing billions to bolster school safety and mental health resources to combat gun violence. But some sense a disconnect between those programs and what students need.
While the omicron variant steals the spotlight, delta is still a big problem
The omicron variant has been detected in about one-third of U.S. states, while the delta variant infects 100,000 people a day. Officials urge people to get vaccinated and boosted.
Michigan's gun laws are shaping the question of accountability in school shootings
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kris Brown, president of the advocacy group Brady United, about charges filed against the parents of an accused high school shooter in Michigan.
Authorities probe the actions of the parents of accused Michigan school shooter
by Quin Klinefelter
Following last week's high school shooting in Oxford, Mich., the accused gunman and his parents are being held in jail — separate from each other and in isolation.
There's new pressure to ban books at schools
by Nomin Ujiyediin
Attempts to remove books from school libraries have increased, spurred by activism from conservative parent groups and resistance to teaching socially progressive ideas in schools.
In Greece, the pope demands the world focus on the plight of asylum-seekers
by Joanna Kakissis
Pope Francis visited a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos over the weekend, and called for more attention to migrant seekers.
A court in Myanmar sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to 4 years
Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison after a court found her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions.
President Biden and the first lady attend the Kennedy Center Honors
by Elizabeth Blair
Bette Midler, Berry Gordy, Joni Mitchell, Lorne Michaels and Justino Diaz were awarded the Kennedy Center Honors at a gala in Washington, D.C. Sunday night. The show will be televised Dec. 22. on CBS.
Calif. rules to protect outdoor workers from smoke are rarely enforced, probe finds
by Farida Jhabvala Romero
California has strict protections for farm workers who labor outside when air quality is poor. But the state's worker safety agency rarely cites employers not in compliance with those regulations.
U.S. students turn to Europe to earn affordable degrees
It is college application season and some American students are looking abroad for affordable degrees.
New York man is named Guinness World Record holder for a holiday light display
Tim Gay's display has 687,000 blinking, multicolored lights. He calls it the ERDAJT Holiday Lights Display — using the initials of his children.
Scientists have discovered the first self-replicating living robots
A team of scientists from the University of Vermont, Tufts and Harvard took stem cells from a frog and turned them into robots. The tiny robots made copies of themselves.