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Month: October 2024

Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. Aid groups say the number of people seeking care has spiked as fighting intensifies. Some of the worst affected struggle to survive in cramped, violent displacement sites that aren’t conducive to recovery. One aid group says

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Many schools are still closed weeks after Hurricane Helene. Teachers worry about long-term impact

AP Education Writers Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will reopen. While virtual learning helped during the COVID-19 school closures, that has

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Unions face a moment of truth in Michigan in this year’s presidential race

Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris rallies in Michigan’s union halls, standing alongside the state’s most powerful labor leader, while former President Donald Trump fires back from rural steel factories, urging middle-class workers to trust him as the true champion of their interests. As they compete for blue wall states

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Charges dropped against deaf man after bodycam video shows Phoenix police punching and tasing him on the ground

By Holly Yan, Melissa Alonso and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — All charges were dropped against a Black man after bodycam footage released earlier this week shows two Phoenix police officers shouting orders at him as he’s lying face-down on the ground – with one officer repeatedly punching him and another officer tasing him. Tyron

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