UCLA Sports
Londynn Jones sparks a fourth-quarter surge with a trio of three-pointers as the top-ranked UCLA women’s basketball team defeats Michigan 86-70.
Lauren Betts returns from injury and scores a game-high 21 points and Cori Close earns her 300th career coaching win in UCLA’s 91-54 win over Nebraska.
Lauren Betts and Angela Dugalic help lead UCLA to a 102-51 win over Long Beach State as coach Cori Close becomes the winningest coach in program history.
Sports
U.S. basketball player Devin Booker watched Noah Lyles win Olympic gold in the 100 meters. That doesn’t mean he’s changed his mind about the sprinter’s NBA comments.
Politics
St. Louis County Prosecuting Atty. Wesley Bell, backed by a pro-Israel group, defeats Rep. Cori Bush in Missouri’s Democratic primary.
Books
Jenny Erpenbeck is the first German writer and Michael Hofmann is the first male translator to win the International Booker Prize since it began in 2016.
Climate & Environment
Here’s what happened when a fifth-grade teacher teamed with colleagues to create comprehensive climate lessons that could be incorporated in every subject they taught.
At 24th Street Elementary School, students ‘learn where their food comes from, how to grow it and cook it, and then, recycle the waste’
At Sotomayor Magnet High School, ‘Agriculture can reset natural ecosystems and become part of the solution to climate change.’
At environmental charter schools, students are taught about the effects of environmental degradation — and how to be advocates for their community.