A photographer documenting Hawaii’s homeless stumbled upon someone she never expected to see among them — her dad. Diana Kim’s father had owned a photography studio when she was a little girl, and she grew up with a deep interest in the art form. Her parents separated when she was five and her father grew …
A court settlement has just given 60,000 felony offenders the right to vote again in California. They all committed low-level offenses and were released, placed under community supervision to ease prison overcrowding. They never regained their right to vote and a lawsuit was filed on their behalf to get those voting rights back. A Superior …
Actress Melissa Gilbert, who played the beloved Laura Ingalls Wilder in the “Little House on the Prairie” television series, announced on August 10th that she is running for Congress. Vying with current Republican Representative Mike Bishop, Gilbert hopes her democratic views on the economy can win over Michigan’s 8th congressional district. On the day of her …
Electric power plants in the US spewed 128 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in April 2015, the lowest for any month since April 1988, according a government report. The US Energy Information Administration said renewable energy generation increased by 2% in the first quarter, over the same period in 2014. Comparing the 27-year period …
Who doesn’t appreciate a pat on the back, now and then? In that spirit, the Denver Police Department launched an initiative aimed at acknowledging people and rewarding them with pizza gift cards for their courteous actions, for helping others and for obeying the law. On July 29, patrol officers downtown began giving out 500 vouchers …