Native American Rights Fund
As high school and college students plan for their graduations, some Native students in the Mountain West and beyond could face resistance for wanting to wear tribal regalia with their caps and gowns.
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On today's newscast: an Eagle Valley High School student was killed at a park in Gypsum last week, a Glenwood Springs police officer and school resource officer has been arrested on charges that include sexual assault of a minor, state lawmakers have scaled back a bill to limit local control over renewable energy projects, and more.
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William Edwards/AFP via Getty ImagesWhile some property owners try to turn a profit from the street artist's murals, others have carried the intense and costly responsibility of protecting them. -
Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesStudents continue to protest at campuses across the country, despite the risk of arrest. Some schools now threaten demonstrators with disciplinary action, while others promise the opposite. -
lingqi xie/Getty ImagesA new study shows people who are in the habit of climbing stairs are less likely to die from heart disease compared to those who don't. Stair climbers also had a slight boost in longevity. -
Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer, Austin Athman/APAlthough HIV transmission from contaminated blood through unsterile injection is a well-known risk, the CDC said this is the first documentation of probable infections involving cosmetic services.
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The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries among its staff, and at least one 18-year-old Palestinian died from the heat. -
NPR's Scott Simon muses about the passage of parental time, now that his eldest daughter has turned 21. -
The state currently bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That will drop to six weeks, with a few exceptions — a timetable that abortion rights advocates say is hard to meet -
Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want their viewpoint ... to be heard." -
On the risky journey from the Global South to Europe, migrants often perish. In a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, near a river where dozens have drowned, citizens seek to provide closure to the families. -
Researchers have found that a warm, close bond with a sibling in early adult life is predictive of good emotional health later in life, with less loneliness, anxiety and depression.
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