Teachers, students across Southern California keep 9/11 memories alive as anniversary approaches
For Ryan Weatherman, his seventh-grade year started out in 2001 just like any other. Like many young boys, Weatherman envisioned a future as a professional athlete or a fighter pilot.…
Federal government moves to seize suspected cartel leader’s Hemet ranch
Federal prosecutors are moving to seize a Hemet ranch allegedly owned by a fugitive identified by authorities as the suspected leader of one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug…
Rich Archbold: Lisa Anne Frost lives on in father’s heart after 9/11 plane crash
Lisa Anne Frost was getting ready to board United Airlines Flight 175 at Logan International Airport, in Boston, on Sept. 11, 2001. But first, she called her father, who was…
Successfully Aging: An interview about aging and longevity with grandchildren
It’s not what I anticipated when my three grandchildren — ages 17, 20 and 23 — came to visit me before going to dinner. It was to celebrate my 86th…
The ‘nightmare days’ of Minnesota’s 1946 polio epidemic
A viral outbreak is menacing Minnesota, flooding Twin Cities hospitals with patients. Swimming pools are nearly empty at the height of summer, and the State Fair has been called off.…
Bringing in the big financial guns: Hiring a specialist
No single professional can be an expert at everything. For instance, imagine your primary healthcare provider says that you need heart surgery and then adds, “Don’t worry. I can do…
Schools are for learning, not for AI encroachment
Heading into the school year that starts in four days, Mayor Mamdani’s Department of Education and Chancellor Kamar Samuels have announced a generative AI ban for students through 8th grade,…
The 9/11 children and treating trauma
The children I’ve treated in my psychiatry practice were my greatest teachers. Especially instructive were those who lost parents on 9/11, and others too young to understand how their loved…
P.S. You’re disenfranchised | Editorial Cartoon
Listen to article • 0:00 minJohn Cole spent 18 years as editorial cartoonist for The (Scranton) Times-Tribune, and now draws for various statesnewsroom.com sites.
Jamaican DJ’s son stabbed to death on way home from Brooklyn laundromat
The son of a popular Jamaican dancehall DJ was fatally stabbed during a routine trip to the laundromat in Brooklyn — and now his devastated dad says he’s waiting to…