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.

A new ABC/Washington Post/Ipsos poll finds more than half of Americans call health care, vacations and new cars unaffordable while nearly half carry debt.

Longtime Oakland leader Wilson Riles Jr. is recovering at home after a massive stroke; friends and family have launched a fundraiser to help cover in‑home care.

Denver police taught DPS crossing guards verbal de-escalation and basic self-defense after an increase in confrontations at school drop-offs.

Santa Clara County has begun a pilot sending mental-health teams into two San José tiny-home villages, connecting about 40 residents so far. Officials say the program will expand to other sites later this year.

Austin-Bergstrom honored Towanda Cordon on Feb. 27 as the airport’s first African American woman COO, spotlighting a two-decade AUS career in operations and security.