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Year: 2022

Oregon Humanities’ ‘Dear Stranger’ project creates connections through the mail, with a twist

By exchanging letters with someone you’ve never met PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The challenges of recent years have left many Oregonians feeling disconnected and alone: COVID, strident partisanship, and deepening social divides all make it harder to connect with others. Dear Stranger, a letter-exchange project from Oregon Humanities, offers a chance for connection by inviting

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The body of a middle school student has been recovered after a possible lightning strike caused a rowing vessel to capsize in Florida

By Jamiel Lynch and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Authorities in Florida recovered the body of a student who went missing after lightning struck near a middle school rowing club practicing at an Orlando lake, officials said Friday. The possible lighting strike happened Thursday evening when five middle school students were practicing near the North Orlando Rowing

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Judge rules Texas must stop child abuse investigations of gender-affirming care against members of LGBTQ advocacy group

By Andy Rose, CNN A district judge in Austin has ordered that the state of Texas cannot pursue child abuse investigations against parents providing gender-affirming care to their children if those families are members of the advocacy group PFLAG. The group is one of the plaintiffs against the state, challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s order which

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