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By the state’s own standards, the Houston school system is not failing When the state of Texas took over Houston's public school district on March 15, 2023, it made the district one of more than 100 school districts in the nation that have experienced similar state takeovers during the past...

Hundreds of Boston school bus drivers stood to lose their jobs when COVID-19 closed the city’s schools in 2020. But instead of giving up on drivers, André François and other leaders of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 8751 collaborated with Marty Walsh, then the mayor of Boston,...

According to a March 2023 Quinnipiac poll, the majority of Republican voters (46%) favor President Trump over any other potential candidate at the moment. 32% prefer Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and only 5% prefer former UN Ambassador and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Some would...

In 2022, Chicago experienced its lowest rate of homicides since before the pandemic outbreak. Chicago Police Department data indicates that 695 homicides occurred in the city between January 1 and December 31, 2022. This is a double-digit decrease since the previous two years, but would still...

Has the Fox News shift in preference from former President Donald Trump to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis already started? A report from MediaMatter.com this morning revealed something remarkable - Fox News mentioned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis more times than former President Donald Trump last week. Fox...

The White House recently urged Mike Pence to apologize for his comment regarding Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's "maternity leave." “The former vice president’s homophobic joke about Secretary Buttigieg was offensive and inappropriate, all the more so because he treated women suffering from postpartum depression as a...

Dominion Voting Systems, a company that creates voting machines used in some states, has filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, alleging that the media corporation and some of its pundits spread conspiracy theories about Dominion’s equipment and allowed guests to make false statements...

Goldman Sachs' recent research report showed that by 2035, electronic vehicles (EVs) are expected to account for around half of all new car sales globally. This illustrates the huge potential for EV growth in the near future. As more and more people understand the perks of...

Dominion Voting Systems, a company that creates voting machines used in some states, has filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, alleging that the media corporation and some of its pundits spread conspiracy theories about Dominion's equipment and allowed guests to make false statements...

Initially reported by JapanToday.com, the results of a survey show that a quarter of Japanese people intend to keep wearing masks in social situations even after the COVID-19 measures on face coverings are no longer necessary on Monday. The online survey, conducted in February by Laibo...