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The creative writing department at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona, will hold a virtual writing discussion on Wednesday led by freelance journalist Cyrus Norcross. Norcross is a writer and creative writing student from the Navajo Nation whose reporting has so far focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people. At the Zoom discussion, he says he’ll read from a memoir-in-progress about his time as an activist at the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests. The memoir traces Norcross’s progression as a writer starting with his time at the Standing Rock protests, an experience that inspired him to pursue a career as a journalist, he says. The event will go from 5-6 p.m. on Wednesday. And Democrats in the Colorado Senate chose a new Majority Leader last week.

Sunday's riot by supporters of Brazil's former president has parallels with what happened in the U.S. on Jan. 6, 2021. But it's also part of a global far-right movement that's opposed to democracy.

An 11-year-old boy from Oklahoma is being honored for his heroism. Davyon Johnson was named an honorary member of both the sheriff's office and the police force.

Nashville mourns the victims of a school shooting in a citywide public vigil attended by first lady Jill Biden.

From a generous urban farmer to a roving mariachi band, people are using their talents to help others. Read their stories — then nominate a problem-solver in your community.

The Democratic governors of three Western states — California, Oregon and Washington — say they will form a new public health partnership to preserve access to vaccines.

The man suspected of using his vehicle to crash through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wis., on Sunday had his first court appearance. Darrell Brooks Jr. is accused of killing six people.

Former Capitol Police officer Aquilino Gonell was repeatedly assaulted during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Since Donald Trump's reelection, he says he feels "betrayed."

Fifty years ago, lawyers before the Supreme Court talked of "psychological evils" and "racial integrity" when it came to interracial marriage.

They had never met, but quickly came up with a plan to get medical supplies to a town desperately in need.