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High school held such a promise for Ja-Lin Guzman — an escape from the crime-riddled streets of north Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood that she says made her “grow up fast.” “I felt like high school was our chance to still have our childhood and to be kids and to run around and play sports and do

Sometimes it takes the youngest among us to show us where we currently reside as a society. I was reminded of this when my daughter, age 11, a product of her Korean American mother and a White rural Southern father, wrote a letter to herself. Like most parents, my husband and I have struggled with

Rep. Jason Crow is urging Congress to act on gun measures that he argues would make communities safer in the wake of a deadly mass shooting Monday in his home state that left 10 people dead. “There are common sense laws and legislation that we can pass that will help make our communities safer. We

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday announced a hard five-day lockdown over Easter, as the country battles a sharp rise in new coronavirus infections. Almost all shops will be closed over the Easter period from April 1 to 5, and no more than five people over the age of 14 from two households can gather.

Sandy Phillips says every single time there’s another mass shooting in the US, her mind runs back to the moment she received the dreaded news nearly nine years ago — that her daughter was among 12 people killed in the Aurora theater shooting. “It takes us back to the moments and the hours and the

One firefighter is missing and residents are unaccounted for in a fire at a residential senior center in New York City’s northern suburbs, an official said early Tuesday. It wasn’t immediately clear how many residents couldn’t be located amid the blaze in Spring Valley, Trooper Steven Nevel of New York State Police’s Troop F said

Officer Eric Talley was the first officer to respond to reports of an armed man inside a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday — and it’s where the father of seven died after actions that were described as “heroic” by officials. The member of the Boulder Police Department was one of 10 people killed

When Chinese and Russian officials meet in Beijing this week, one topic of conversation may be the hatred both countries have for the international community’s use of sanctions to interfere in what they regard as “internal affairs.” China, at least, will be able to boast of hitting back: following new sanctions announced by the European

New York police are investigating recent attacks on Asian Americans as potential hate or bias crimes following the Atlanta spa shootings. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up