Biden, Dems to tighten income limits for stimulus checks
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed Wednesday to tighten the upper income limits at which people could qualify for stimulus…
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Libraries oppose censorship. So they’re getting creative when it comes to offensive kids’ books
It’s a wondrous thing to introduce a child to a beloved book, to read with them as they enter a literary world generations before them have…
Continue Reading Andrew Young Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of civil rights activist and former ambassador Andrew Young. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1932 Birth place: New Orleans,…
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First doses of authorized Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine administered in Ohio
The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States for the first time outside of a…
Continue Reading An exhausted Texas ICU nurse says she’s scared about an end to the state’s mask mandate
Brittany Smart has spent months tending to the Covid-19 patients who poured into Texas hospitals as the virus raged across the state — and the…
Continue Reading Dr. Fauci is giving his personal 3D model of the coronavirus to the Smithsonian
For the past year, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s sidekick has been a blue and pink-spiked model of the Covid-19 virus. And now, he’s making sure…
Continue Reading ‘Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiine!’
“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiine! I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate,” sang Dolly Parton, riffing on her hit song…
Continue Reading The Capitol riot is an eerie repeat of this tense era in American history
On April 11, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be his last speech from a window at the White House to the crowd below. They had…
Continue Reading The Capitol riot is an eerie repeat of the tense Reconstruction era in America
On April 11, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be his last speech from a window at the White House to the crowd below. They had…
Continue Reading More than a dozen dead in crash involving SUV and semitruck in California near US-Mexico border
An SUV packed with people pulled out in front of a semitruck towing two trailers in a rural California county near the Mexican border on Tuesday…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 3: Covid-19, stimulus, White House, Russia, Afghanistan
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, or at least that’s what they say. Wait, why do they say that? Here’s what you need…
Continue Reading Australian Attorney General Christian Porter comes forward to deny historical rape allegation
Attorney General Christian Porter has outed himself as the Australian cabinet minister at the center of a historical rape allegation that has caused…
Continue Reading Perseverance will search for ancient life on Mars. These places are next
When NASA’s Perseverance rover begins surveying the Martian surface in the coming months, the robotic explorer will be searching for signs of…
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Investigators to examine data from the black box of the car Tiger Woods was driving in crash
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will retrieve data from the black box in the Genesis SUV courtesy vehicle that golf legend Tiger…
Continue Reading 6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published anymore because they portray people in ‘hurtful and wrong’ ways
Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” the business that…
Continue Reading Indiana girls bring concerns over ‘Men Working’ signs to their lawmakers, and the city vows action
Two young sisters are using their voices to fight for gender equality in their city. When Blair Babione, 11, and her sister Brienne, 9, noticed…
Continue Reading Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine given to first patients in Ohio
The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States. Barbara Schmalenberger, 86, was the…
Continue Reading Smith College controversy highlights struggles schools face in making racially equitable campuses
In the summer of 2018, Oumou Kanoute read a book and ate her lunch in a common room area of a Smith College residence hall that required keycard…
Continue Reading A Virginia Commonwealth University fraternity has been suspended after the death of a 19-year-old student
Virginia Commonwealth University has suspended a fraternity and announced a review of all Greek life after a student was found dead at an off-campus…
Continue Reading Texas governor lifts mask mandate and allows businesses to open at 100% capacity, despite health officials’ warnings
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he’s lifting the mask mandate in Texas, even as health officials warn not to ease safety restrictions.…
Continue Reading Dolly Parton has received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine
Dolly Parton is showing everyone how it’s done by receiving her first Covid-19 vaccination shot. The country music star got the shot at…
Continue Reading Boy Scouts plan fund with at least $300 million for sex abuse victims, court documents show
The Boy Scouts of America, amid bankruptcy and allegations of widespread sexual abuse within the organization, is proposing a trust fund of at least…
Continue Reading Neera Tanden withdraws nomination to head White House budget office amid bipartisan opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she…
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13 dead in SoCal crash of big rig, SUV with 25 inside
IMPERIAL COUNTY, California — At least 13 people have died from a crash between a big rig and an SUV in Southern California on Tuesday, according to…
Continue Reading Biden says vaccines for all adults by end of May, directs states to prioritize teachers
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by…
Continue Reading Some Chicago children return to classroom for the first time in almost a year
Leigh Oquendo welcomed her kindergarteners on Monday as they filed into her Hawthorne Scholastic Academy classroom in Chicago, as any teacher would.…
Continue Reading Biden now says US will have enough vaccine for every adult by the end of May
President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for every adult American by the end of May, dramatically…
Continue Reading Tennessee is hoping to make Dolly Parton’s ‘Amazing Grace’ an official state song
A bill in the Tennessee Legislature would officially make Dolly Parton’s version of “Amazing Grace” the state hymn, adding to its…
Continue Reading Will Smith says he might step into politics one day
Actor Will Smith teased the idea of running for political office one day during an interview on “Pod Save America.” On the episode…
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Biden directs states to prioritize vaccinating all teachers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is directing states to prioritize vaccinating all teachers during the month of March, and announced that the…
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