Texas public universities may soon embrace a new entrance exam when considering applicants. The state’s higher education commissioner, Wynn Rosser, said the state plans to formally approve the Classic Learning Test (CLT) as a new test option for homeschool, private school or out-of-state applicants.  The acceptance of the conservative-favored CLT comes despite an independent study […]

Americans received an update on Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health Monday when his office released a new photo and statement, saying he’s still not ready to return to the Senate floor.  “I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy […]

Beef prices continue to fluctuate, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to balance lowering costs with its New World screwworm eradication efforts since officials confirmed the insect crossed into the U.S. earlier this summer.  On Friday, the department announced it would again begin importing cattle from Mexico, the epicenter of the insect’s outbreak. […]

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is best known for protecting consumers from dangerous products – like children’s clothing that fails federal standards or dressers that can tip over. Now, it’s taking on a new role. The Trump administration is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest hospitals turn over patient records. The CPSC has […]

July isn’t over, but retailers are already clearing beach towels and sunscreen from their shelves to make room for binders, lunchboxes and backpacks.  For American families, the 2026 back-to-school season is arriving earlier and carrying a heavier price tag. A new analysis published Monday by the Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation, two progressive think […]

Anna Delvey, known for inspiring the hit Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” about her turn impersonating a German heiress, and appearing on “Dancing with the Stars” while still wearing the ankle monitor that followed the related convictions, announced last week that she has a problem with Wikipedia.  In a Friday Substack post, Delvey complained about the […]

Chipmaker Nvidia is leading an artificial intelligence safety initiative along with 36 other major tech companies after an OpenAI model broke out of a test and hacked the open-source AI library platform Hugging Face. The initiative includes major AI companies like Microsoft and SpaceX, but three notable exceptions are Anthropic, OpenAI and Google.  On July […]

Autism has become one of the most intensely debated topics in health, with competing claims about its causes and how it should be treated. But behind those public debates, researchers say autism science has entered one of its most promising periods. Few people have witnessed that transformation more closely than Joseph Buxbaum, a psychiatrist, neuroscientist […]

After nearly two weeks of U.S. airstrikes, the war in Iran has entered a new phase as both sides paused attacks over the weekend, and diplomatic efforts gained momentum. It’s not clear why the U.S. temporarily halted strikes, but the lull comes as Oman says talks with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are […]