Phonics, a method that teaches the connection between letters and sounds, is at the center of a new push by California lawmakers to close the state’s early childhood literacy gap. A bill backed by dozens of educational nonprofits would standardize how students are taught to read across public schools. The science behind reading Research shows […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons is defending the use of masks by his agents during immigration arrests against critics who call the tactic unnecessary and intimidating. Lyons’ comments come amid the Trump administration’s push for the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history. The controversy Lyons addressed the issue Monday, […]
The Trump administration rescinded a list naming 500 so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that were allegedly not complying with federal immigration policies. A sanctuary jurisdiction is a city, county, or state that adopts policies limiting local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration efforts. Lawmakers designed these policies to reduce how much local law enforcement shares immigration status […]
New research shows the aptly named MIND diet can help protect the brain from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, no matter when it is started. The MIND diet combines the ever-popular Mediterranean diet with the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet,” which is meant to help lower blood pressure. A newly released study […]
Is there hope for Temu and Shein in the wake of a trade war between the United States and China? The trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies has impacted both companies, but particularly Temu, which saw its daily online users in the U.S. drop by 58%, according to Reuters. Shein has also seen […]
The 2026 midterm elections are still more than a year away, but Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is already facing heat — and challengers. State Rep. J.D. Scholten announced Monday, June 2, that he will run for Ernst’s seat, just days after a controversial moment at one of her town halls made national headlines. What […]
Despite publicly reassuring the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, that they were safe following the 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals, behind closed doors the Biden administration had concerns about potential cancer-causing toxins in the air. The new findings were revealed in emails which were first reported on by NewsNation. Seven […]
Israeli fire killed at least 27 Palestinians near an aid distribution center in Rafah on Tuesday, June 3, according to Gaza health officials. It marked the third consecutive day of deadly incidents around humanitarian sites in southern Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said troops opened fire on people who had moved off designated access […]
Blake Lively wants to pull back two emotional distress claims in her high-profile lawsuit against actor and director Justin Baldoni. But with over a dozen other accusations still standing, the legal drama is far from over. According to Variety, Lively filed to dismiss claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a new generative AI tool it hopes will make employees more efficient on everything from clinical evaluations to inspections. The AI is called Elsa, and it was developed in-house to help with reading, writing and summarizing. “As we learn how employees are using the tool, our development team […]
