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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Alaska Permanent Fund suffered a multibillion-dollar loss during last week's stock market crash. A jury is deliberating on whether a 24-year-old Unalaska man is guilty of two felony charges for his involvement in the deaths of two teen girls in a 2019 car crash. And Alaska Head Start programs are reeling after the regional federal office was suddenly closed last week. Photo: Students swing on a playground at Meadow Lakes Head Start in Wasilla, Alaska. It closed in 2024 due to funding and staffing challenges. (Image by Lela Seiler, courtesy of CCS Early Learning)
At Grand County High School, prom is a big deal, and some kids have had their dates picked since elementary school. That's because in Moab, your date isn't just someone you take photos with. You have to perform a choreographed dance with them in front of hundreds of people. It's part of a longstanding Moab tradition — the promenade. It's an opening ceremony to kick off the actual prom, and friends and family are invited to come watch as students make a grand entrance. This year's promenade will take place on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Photo: Students rehearse for this year's promenade at Grand County High School. By KZMU / Emily Arntsen
On 2 October 1968, thousands of students protested in Mexico City, 10 days before the Olympics.The students wanted the government to free political prisoners and respect their right to protest.More than 4,000 activists came to the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the capital's Tlatelolco district that evening.It resulted in Mexican soldiers opening fire on the protesters. The death toll has never been confirmed, a government report from the time put it at 26, while student leaders estimated it at more than 100.In 2011, one of the young protesters, David Huerta, spoke to Julian Miglierini.(Photo: Students arrested by police in Tlatelolco on 2 October 1968. Credit: Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images)
Protests against China's strict anti-Covid policies have continued for a second day in a number of cities across the country. Demonstrators gathered in Shanghai, Beijing and Wuhan. Many held up blank pieces of paper to express their dissatisfaction and to highlight the censorship they face in China. We speak live to Ukraine's Prosecutor General about what's been found in the city of Kherson after the Russian retreat. Plus: is gene-sequencing centuries-old varieties of wheat the key to future-proofing our food supplies? (Photo: Students take part in a protest against Covid-19 curbs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, seen in this still image taken from a video released November 27, 2022 and obtained by Reuters)
Photo: Students welcome Kuo Min Tang 1945 2/4 Elbridge Colby, Jerry Hendrix, Edward "Sonny" Masso. #UNBOUND. The complete, forty-minute interview. October 13, 2021. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-taiwan-biden-united-states-defense/ Hong Kong — President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the United States would defend Taiwan if China ever attacked the democratically governed island. The White House quickly walked back his remark as analysts tried to discern whether Mr. Biden might have been signalling a change in Washington's long-held policy of "strategic ambiguity" over the role the U.S. would play in the event of a military conflict between China and Taiwan. Colby @ElbridgeColby , The Marathon Initiative.
A crew of historic preservation students spent the past two weeks working on a century-old, women-owned commercial building in Astoria, Oregon. The project, funded by the TAWANI Foundation, is part of an effort to get more women involved in the preservation trades. Joanne Rideout reports. Photo: Students get a lesson in period window restoration as...
A crew of historic preservation students spent the past two weeks working on a century-old, women-owned commercial building in Astoria, Oregon. The project, funded by the TAWANI Foundation, is part of an effort to get more women involved in the preservation trades. Joanne Rideout reports. Photo: Students get a lesson in period window restoration as...
Nearly one point four million children in the Chinese city of Wuhan are back in school from today, Tuesday, as the authorities reopened every school and nursery in the city where the coronavirus pandemic started in December. We hear from WHO what needs to be in place in schools to mitigate risk. Other stories today: France's Macron calls on Lebanon to form new government; and the Hungarian government's policy on refugees. (Photo: Students of Wuhan High School attend class on the first day of the new fall semester in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 01 September 2020. Crredit: EPA)
Students in Colorado from Aspen to New Castle gathered for the Third Annual Healthy Rivers Youth Water Summit. Local water educators organized the summit with the Youth Water Leadership Program, which works with students around the country to increase watershed literacy. Last week’s event was the culmination of a semester of research at local high schools. Our partners at KDNK have the details. [Photo: Students at the Third Annual Health Rivers Youth Water Summit, Credit KDNK]
In 1990 the Indian government introduced an affirmative action plan that had been lying unimplemented for a decade. The Mandal Commission recommended guaranteeing a percentage of government jobs to lower caste Hindus. It's implementation was an attempt by the government to quell the rise of Hindu nationalism. But the move proved controversial from the outset and led to weeks of student protests across India. Farhana Haider has been speaking to a retired superintendent of police, Dilip Trivedi who remembers the implementation of the report and its aftermath. Photo Students protesting Mandal Commission proposal for quotas on govt. jobs for so called backward castes 1990. Credit Getty Images.
On April 20th 1999 a mass shooting in the USA shocked the world and started a devastating trend of violence in American schools. 13 people were killed and more than 20 were injured by two armed school students. Ashley Byrne has been speaking to Craig Scott, who survived the Columbine massacre but whose sister Rachel was killed that day. Photo: Students from Columbine High School run under cover from police, following a shooting spree by two masked teenagers. April 20th 1999. Credit: Mark Leffingwell/AFP/Getty Images.
The memories of the brother of one of the victims of the Columbine mass school shooting; plus the story behind 'A Raisin in the Sun' - the first play on Broadway by a black woman; the world's first space tourist, the origins of organic farming and the auto-destructive art movement of the 1960s. Photo: Students from Columbine High School run under cover from police, following a shooting spree by two masked teenagers. April 20th 1999 (Mark Leffingwell/AFP/Getty Images
Mental health issues among teen girls in Kenya are often ignored. Kenyan teenagers who fall pregnant face social stigma and isolation. This, in turn, leads to a vicious cycle of mental stress, depression and suicidal thoughts. In this week’s edition of Pasha, Estelle Monique Sidze, a research scientist, discusses the problem of teen pregnancies and how to deal with the challenges young women face, including the often ignored issue of mental health, particularly in urban slums where poverty is also a factor. Read more: Fresh insights into the lives of Kenya's urban teen mothers Photo: Students line up at school Miritini Primary School, Mombasa County, Kenya Credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch. Flickr Music “Happy African Village” by John Bartmann found on FreeMusicArchive.org licensed under CC0 1. Sounds Interviews conducted with girls by Carol Wangui and Estelle Monique Sidze not for reuse.
Marking the 50th anniversary of the dramatic year of 1968 (which also saw the election of President Nixon), on this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast we interviewed Richard Vinen for his newly released book "1968: Radical Protest and Its Enemies,” which explores how the events of 1968 — from anti-war marches, worker strikes to violence on the streets of the world's greatest cities — shaped much of today’s culture. Richard Vinen is Professor of History at Kings College, London and the author of a number of major books on 20th Century Europe. He won the Wolfson Prize for history for his previous book, "National Service." Photo: Students flash peace signs during protests at Columbia University.(Patrick A. Burns/The New York Times). Introduction Music: "Revolution" by the Beatles (1968). Interview by Jonathan Movroydis
In 1998, the Indonesian dictator, President Suharto, resigned after 31 years in power. He stood down in the wake of nationwide demonstrations sparked by the killing of four student protestors. We hear from Bhatara Ibnu Reza, who was with one of the students when he died. Plus, how a Pakistani theatre company took on the dictatorship of General Zia ul-Huq; the landmark Holocaust documentary Shoah; and the day lesbian protestors targeted the BBC news studio. Photo: Students celebrate outside the Parliamentary buildings, Jakarta after Indonesian President Suharto announced his resignation. Credit: Adam Butler/PA
On May 21st 1998 the president of Indonesia resigned after 31 years in power. He stood down in the wake of demonstrations and riots across the country. The riots had broken out after the shooting of four student demonstrators by armed police in the capital Jakarta. In 2014 Alex Last spoke to Bhatara Ibnu Reza who took part in the demonstrations and who was with one of the students when he died.Photo: Students celebrate outside the Parliamentary buildings, Jakarta after Indonesian President Suharto announced his resignation. Credit: Adam Butler/PA
Did the 2016 US election galvanise young people to become more engaged in politics? Millennial statistician Kevin Lin designed a research project to see if there was evidence to prove this on the website Reddit. Kevin explains his findings and the pitfalls of trying to measure anything on social media. This year has seen a sharp rise in the number of confrontations in America between far right white supremacists and a group known as antifa – the anti fascists. White nationalists claim they want to protect the right to free speech but their opponents believe it’s an excuse to promote often racist ideologies. The fight that lived online is now being played out on the streets. Serial killers and their terrible high profile crimes have spawned a massive global industry... feature films, documentaries, TV series, books, magazine profiles, hit podcasts and video games. So why do many of us find serial killers so intriguing? Is it their psychology or the gory details of their murders? Becky Milligan investigates. (Photo: Students from Los Angeles California high schools gather to protest the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images)
Utah's San Juan County has had a lot of attention lately, over the creation of the Bear's Ears National Monument. The monument has generated emotional argument on both sides over how that land should best be managed. But beyond Bear's Ears, fights over closed trails and other issues, are people who'd like to give their children what they need to succeed. KSL Newsradio's Marc Giauque has an example of one school's story, as we continue on our road to understanding. (Photo - Students at remote Navajo Mountain High School prepare their robot with help from students from another school, for a regional high school robotics competition in West Valley.)
Is debt essential for economic growth? We look at the economics and morality of debt. Should countries burdened with huge debts be forced to repay them in full? And, if it is fine for an individual to borrow large sums to buy a house, why shouldn’t governments do the same to finance employment schemes or large infrastructure projects? Owen Bennett Jones and his expert panel are in front of a live audience at the How the Light Gets in Festival in Hay-on-Wye to discuss the problems of debt. (Photo: Students pull a mock ball and chain representing student debt. Credit: Getty Images)
When armed militants took over a mosque in central Islamabad, they were protected by thousands of religious students who supported them and refused to leave the site. Government troops were sent in to end the siege. Three female students describe what it was like to be on the inside of the Red Mosque. (Photo: Students of the Jamia Hafsa Madrassa Islamabad. Credit: Associated Press)