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Officials in the Salmon River Central School District in Fort Covington, New York, have acknowledged that wooden boxes were constructed and used to confine elementary school children, including Native children, with disabilities. The practice was ended in December 2025 after these images, confirmed as authentic by school officials, circulated on social media. In a new report, New York's state has ordered sweeping reforms at the public school.

Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming

State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified.

Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in December. The Kentucky Republican was hospitalized in June, and his staff has shared scant details about why.

For Mitch McConnell and Congress, health transparency is a choice, not a requirement

It's been nearly four weeks since Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was hospitalized. It's not the first time this year that a member of Congress has been absent for weeks with scant details.

A person holds a phone that displays the "Are You Dead?" app in Paris on Jan. 22.

Here's why people say they're using 'Are You Dead?' and apps like it

Safety check-in apps — a way for loved ones to know that you're alive — have become more popular among adults who feel that modern life has made connection and community more difficult to maintain.

Syrian-American cantor Henry Hamra at the Central Synagogue of Aleppo, once the center of a thriving Jewish community in the northern Syrian city. The Syrian government transferred control of Jewish sites in December to Hamra's Jewish heritage organization.

Syria, once home to a large Jewish community, takes steps to return property to Jews

A Jewish heritage foundation has set out to help restore private property appropriated after Syrian Jews left the country.

NPR/Ipsos Poll: Nearly One-Third Of Parents May Stick With Remote Learning

Four out of 5 parents told us they support targeted interventions by schools that would help students recover academic, social and emotional skills.

After A Journey Through The Lone Star State, Author Concludes: 'The Future Is Texas'

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright predicts that the largest "red" state in the union will eventually move into the "blue" column — and change the nation's politics in the process.

VIVO Music Festival begins second decade of world-class chamber music in Columbus

The eleventh season of the VIVO Music Festival is underway through Aug. 31, featuring novel high-tech programming, a new take on VIVO’s signature Beer & Beethoven event and performances by world-class performers nurtured in central Ohio.

Maynard Amerine, a pioneer of wine-making and professor at the University of California, Davis, collected some 5,200 wine bottle labels during his travels from the 1930s-60s.

Distilling The Story Of California Wine, One Label At A Time

At the world's largest wine research library — inside UC Davis — librarians are crowd-sourcing their archives to understand the forces that shaped California's wine industry into a global powerhouse.

In this June 1967 photo, Paul McCartney, from left, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon of The Beatles appear backstage during a break in rehearsals for the live broadcast on the "Our World" program at EMI studios in London. (AP Photo, File)

A Soundtrack To The Summer of Love, 50 Years Later

“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” gets remixed for its 50th anniversary. We’ll listen.

After Fort Lauderdale Shooting, Examining Airport Safety

A shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport left five people dead, and raises new questions about airport security. Aviation security expert Jeff Price explains.

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