Reading test scores declined, but these schools improved with phonics
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco…
There’s a new name for a hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women worldwide
A hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes…
Amid war with Iran, Trump pushes for federal gas tax suspension
NEW YORK (AP) — As steep fuel prices strain household budgets during the war with Iran, U.S. President…
GOP redistricting confuses voters and burdens election officials
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Thousands of Louisiana voters have already cast early ballots for congressional candidates in…
Judge rules government illegally canceled more than $100 million in humanities grants
The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and…
Tennessee lawmakers to vote on new US House map sought by Trump
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee forged ahead with a plan Thursday that could carve up…
New York Times faces lawsuit for passing over white male employee
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal civil rights agency filed a discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the New York…
1,500 beagles find safety after protests at Wisconsin dog breeding site
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that…
Trump critic who fled El Salvador as a teen named West Virginia Roman Catholic bishop
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The next bishop for West Virginia Catholics will be an El Salvador-born advocate for…
$400M Qatari jet gifted to US nearly ready to be Trump’s Air Force One
The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary…
Friends stole from NASCAR’s Greg Biffle after his death, police say
Less than a month after former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family died in a plane crash…
Why 4.3 million people no longer receive food stamps
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins this week attributed a multimillion-person drop in the number of participants receiving food stamps…