Новости за 30.08.2022

Story at a glance California’s Senate passed a bill that would mandate kindergarten for all children in the state.  Currently, kindergarten is voluntary, but research has shown kids that do enroll have higher reading and math gains. An estimated 5 to 7 percent of students do not enroll in kindergarten in California in an average...

The National Association of Evangelicals (NEA) called climate action a Christian responsibility in a 50-page report this week, a call to action for a demographic far less likely than the general population to consider climate change a threat. The NAE’s report, “Loving the Least of These,” addresses the scientific evidence for the reality of climate change...

The Biden administration and Congress must take bold, swift action to clear every single obstacle so that birth control is available to all who need it.

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced plans to expand the response to the monkeypox outbreak by providing vaccinations and education at large LGBTQ-centered events around the country following a recent pilot program carried out in Charlotte, N.C. Demetre Daskalakis, deputy director for the White House's national monkeypox response, stated during a briefing that the administration...

The president of the American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest teachers unions in the country, said attacks on teachers have never been “as bad as right now.”  Randi Weingarten, who has served as the leader of the union since 2008, told USA Today that she began representing teachers in New York City in...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled two Trump-era Interior Department oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico were unlawful. In the ruling, Judge Gregory C. Katsas of the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals found the department in 2018 leased more than 150 million acres for oil exploration without properly analyzing the risk under the...

President Biden will speak Tuesday afternoon in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in a speech focusing on his administration's actions to address gun violence. The event is scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. ET. Watch the live video above.

A New Mexico federal judge on Tuesday canceled a scheduled hearing over a Trump attorney’s attempt to get back his cellphone that was seized by federal investigators. Conservative lawyer John Eastman, who advised former President Trump on efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, said in June that the FBI had seized his phone...

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) sent a letter to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Monday asking what steps he is taking to avoid future traffic gridlocks after a snowstorm in January left travelers stranded for hours on I-95. The snowstorm happened days before Youngkin took office, but Spanberger urged the governor to implement recommendations from...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One of the men shot to death at a Safeway store in Bend, Oregon, Sunday night died a hero after confronting the shooter, police said Monday. Investigators say Donald Surrett Jr., who worked at the Safeway, was one of two people killed Sunday night after he reportedly tried to disarm the shooter, who...

Story at a glance Previous research has revealed an association between green tea consumption and lower mortality. To investigate whether a similar link exists between black tea and mortality risk, researchers assessed data from nearly 500,000 UK Biobank participants. Overall, drinking two or more cups of black tea each day was associated with a 9...

Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters is hitting Democrats on affirmative action and their “diversity obsession” in a video released Monday on Twitter. In the roughly minute-and-a-half selfie-styled video, Masters declared “news for Joe Biden, we are done with this affirmative action regime.” "You know, if you want to see the affirmative action regime on...

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit New Hampshire next month amid speculation over a potential 2024 presidential bid. Pompeo on Sept. 20 will appear at the “Politics & Eggs” speaking series, a mainstay of the campaign trail for presidential hopefuls looking to build their profiles in the first-in-the-nation primary state. He will become...

One year ago today, at one minute before midnight in Kabul, a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane lifted off the tarmac of Hamid Karzai International Airport with the acting U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and our last remaining troops on board, marking the end of America’s nearly 20-year military presence in the war-torn country. President...

Officials in Jackson, Miss., on Monday declared a water system emergency as residents experience low or no water pressure in the wake of severe flooding. City officials are blaming recent rainfall that led to flooding on the Pearl River, which has added to previous issues that have plagued the O.B. Curtis Water Plant’s operations for...

For the first time in a generation, Republicans are competitive with Democrats when it comes to the issue of education. If you have kids, you are much more likely to make school policy a top voting priority than if you don’t have any children. That was hammered home to me during the pandemic. Most old...

The Latino Victory Fund and the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) on Tuesday endorsed Michelle Vallejo, a progressive Democrat running for the most competitive House seat in Texas. “It’s an honor to have earned the support of LCV Action Fund and Latino Victory Fund,” said Vallejo. “As South Texas faces more severe weather every year...

Encouraging a sitting president to bypass the democratic process that requires passing bills and treaties through Congress sets a terrible precedent.

First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 after a rebound case last week. The White House confirmed on Monday the first lady's negative test, adding that she plans to return to Washington on Tuesday after being in isolation, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement. The first lady tested negative Tuesday...

Madam C.J. Walker, a Black pioneer and the first female self-made millionaire, is set to get her own Barbie doll. In a news release on Monday, Mattel announced that Walker, who lived from 1867 to 1919, is the latest national figure to join its Inspiring Women series. In a statement, Carlyle Nuera, the designer of...

A pregnant Texas woman says she has received a second traffic ticket within a month after claiming that her unborn child allows her to drive in the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.  In an interview, Plano resident Brandy Bottone told The Dallas Morning News that authorities ticketed her for the same offense at the same location...

Experts say Black Americans are bearing the brunt of the federal government’s efforts to stanch inflation. We’ll also look at how Democrats are seizing the rising costs on the campaign trail, why officials say Virginia is bound by a new California rule phasing out gas-powered cars, and more. But first, Megan Thee Stallion has been...

The office of Florida's Seminole County Republican Party was vandalized with the message "eat s--- fascists" on Sunday. The message, scrawled in graffiti, included a symbol of an enclosed "A" in what appeared to be a symbol for anarchy. The perpetrators also attempted to use a form of glue-like substance on the locks, State Committeeman...

In the midst of our digital media revolution, where screens of all sizes dominate and Americans are consuming content from an exploding variety of websites, streaming platforms, apps and podcasts, the time-tested technology of terrestrial radio amazingly continues to thrive. Indeed, according to the PEW Research Center, 89 percent of Americans will listen to an AM or FM...

Taylor Swift announced her new album last night at the VMA’s and the internet is collectively “screaming, crying, throwing up” over the news. The White House is gearing up to launch a COVID-19 booster campaign this fall to prevent another major surge, but convincing vaccine holdouts to get another dose will be far from easy. ...