Florida Senate passes ban on schools and businesses teaching people to feel guilty for racist history
The Florida Senate voted Thursday to ban public schools and private businesses from teaching people to feel guilty for historical events committed by people of their race, addressing a top priority of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Mayor Turner Kicks Off Signature Hire Houston Youth Program
Mayor Sylvester Turner joined City officials and business leaders Monday to kick of his signature program, Hire Houston Youth, which provides paid summer jobs and internships to youth, age 16 – 24, at the City of Houston and in the …
Missouri lawmakers consider bill that would allow inmates who give birth to keep child for up to 18 months
In most prisons, when a woman gives birth, her baby is taken away within days and sent to either a relative or foster care. Some Missouri lawmakers are trying to change that.
Tennessee lawmaker proposes “robocall” bill
One Tennessee lawmaker introduced a bill Tuesday that he hopes will cut down on robocalls Tennesseans receive.
The world may be facing one of the largest energy shocks ever, Goldman Sachs says
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the West's crackdown on Moscow has left the world economy exposed to an epic energy shock.
Patient who received genetically modified pig heart in groundbreaking transplant surgery dies
A 57-year-old Maryland man who had received a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery has died, the University of Maryland Medical Center said Wednesday.
Disney shows off its post-Iger politics
Disney's CEO transition from Bob Iger to Bob Chapek marked a shift from an outspoken, famous CEO with political ambitions, to a largely unfamiliar name whose politics remain a mystery. This week, we got a glimpse at how Chapek's Disney …
Millions of kids face risk of hunger if Congress doesn't extend pandemic school lunch waivers
Millions of needy children have had an easier time getting free meals at school and over the summer thanks to waivers Congress authorized at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Joe Biden orders study of cryptocurrency risks and a digital dollar
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Wednesday establishing the first-ever federal strategy on cryptocurrencies, the White House said.
House expected to vote Wednesday on massive spending bill that includes $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid
The House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday to pass a massive $1.5 trillion government spending bill that will fund a wide range of priorities, including delivering desperately needed aid to Ukraine and additional money to fight Covid-19.
Why this tax season is extra frustrating
Confusion. Amnesia. New paperwork. Delays getting through to the IRS. These are some of the top pandemic-induced frustrations marking this tax filing season, both for tax preparers and their clients.
Ernest Shackleton's Endurance ship found in Antarctica after 107 years
More than a century after it sank off the coast of Antarctica, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship HMS Endurance has been located, apparently intact and in good condition.
Congress just got its secret weapon back
Buried within the 2,700-page omnibus spending bill unveiled early Wednesday that would fund the federal government through September is something called "member-directed spending." It might well be the single most important thing in the bill if you care about Congress …
Ukraine's first lady emerges as a staunch defender of her nation on social media
Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, posted an open letter addressed to the world's media on Tuesday, detailing what she described as the "mass murder of Ukrainian civilians."
Russia accused of 'atrocity' in alleged bombing of maternity and children's hospital
Russian forces bombed a maternity and children's hospital in southern Ukraine, authorities there said Wednesday, an attack described by the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky as an "atrocity."
