The Shapiro administration is distributing $3 million to more than 750 Pennsylvania schools to fund free pads and tampons for the 2025–26 school year.

Rebecca “Becky” Benaroya, the Seattle philanthropist behind Benaroya Hall and medical research institutes, has died at 103.

Heavy snow and fallen trees left parts of Amador County without power; neighbors, contractors and a county task force are cutting trees, patching homes and running shelters. Cleanup and restorations could stretch for weeks or months.

Sigma Phi Epsilon’s national board voted to close the Oklahoma Beta chapter at OU, leaving nearly 300 members uncertain while the university says it was not consulted.

A 36,000-square-foot Northside Movement Center opened in north St. Louis, bringing legal aid, wellness space and practical services to neighborhoods hit by a 2025 tornado. Organizers say the building will anchor recovery and organizing work.

Dozens of Memphis students staged a lunchtime walkout after classmates said a peer had been detained by ICE, bringing local attention to enforcement fears in the city. The action adds to a wave of youth protests over immigration operations this month.

Penn's School of Arts and Sciences unveiled 'SAS Horizons' on Feb. 25, 2026, laying out curriculum changes, a new research fund and plans to modernize Rittenhouse labs.

Inside Rikers' main kitchen, chefs and approved detainee workers prepare millions of meals under strict security, a cramped routine that underlines the city's larger struggles to close the island. The reporting shows how everyday rules reveal operational and policy gaps.

A federal $850,000 award will fund equipment and new classes at Carroll Community College’s Ratcliffe trades center, expanding local workforce training.

A West Hollywood dog was hospitalized after contact with a common Euphorbia "fire stick" plant; vet care topped about $2,000 and neighbors are being warned to watch walking routes.

The Coast Guard's proposed rule would bar paddlecraft from key New York Harbor spectator areas during Sail4th 250, prompting pushback from local paddlers.

A federal suit filed in Manhattan says New York left parents on its child‑abuse registry for months or years, blocking jobs and hitting Black and brown families hardest. Plaintiffs want faster hearings and systemic fixes.

Neighbors and tenants are at odds over an RV encampment on Jerome Avenue; tenants say they have nowhere else and are calling for legal parking spaces.