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8 teens shot waiting for bus after school in Northeast Philadelphia, police say; hunt for fled suspects
At least eight high school students were shot Wednesday afternoon in a hail of gunfire while waiting at a transit bus stop in Northeast Philadelphia, authorities said in a news conference – the second time in a week young people in the city were shot en route to or from school.
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'They have nothing to lose. We do': Australia Struggles with Extremist Threat
For most young Australians, the violence and extremism of Syria feels a world away. But for a tiny minority, ISIS exerts a powerful allure, leading a small but significant number to head to the Middle East to take up arms.
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How Germany Stacks Up Against Its European Neighbors
When German voters head to the polls on September 24, they'll have to choose from a record 42 parties, but there are just two realistic candidates for Chancellor -- incumbent Angela Merkel, of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and her Social Democratic Party (SPD) rival, Martin Schulz.
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The most shameful, stunning moment of the Trump presidency
President Donald Trump had a golden opportunity on Monday to stare down Russian President Vladimir Putin and tell him, in no uncertain terms, that Russia's meddling in the 2016 election was totally unacceptable, and that if anything like it continued going forward, there would be major and serious penalties to pay.
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Trump doesn't care what people think about his relationship with Putin
President Donald Trump clearly doesn't care what anyone thinks about his baffling, opaque and deferential relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Deadline Nears for Public Comment on 2020 Census Controversies
Before the public comment period on the 2020 Census closes at 11:59 pm on August 7, civil rights organizations continue to amplify the clarion call to Americans to denounce the inclusion of a "citizenship question" on the final census form - a question as to whether respondents are U.S. citizens.
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Travel Entrepreneurs to Ensure Your Exploring is Not Boring
Travel is back and in a big way. According to a new U.S. Travel Association report, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, travel spending ($100 billion) was 3% above 2019 levels in April 2022 and more than one-quarter (28%) of travelers plan to spend significantly more this summer over their 2019 travel budgets for marquee trips. The World Travel & Tourism further projects that United States travel and tourism is expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2022, with sector contributions nearing $2 trillion to the U.S. economy—a 6.2% increase from 2019.
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Trump's revenge tour begins with eyes on one Ohio Republican
Former President Donald Trump kicked off his revenge tour against Republicans who defied him in the aftermath of the 2020 election on Saturday, using a sizable event here in Lorain County to lambast Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez for voting to impeach him earlier this year.
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Facebook's Global Fight Against Fake News
Within minutes of Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French election, a top European official singled out the key loser: fake news.
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Republicans are narrowing the early voting gap in these states
In four key states -- Florida, North Carolina, Nevada and Iowa -- Republicans are beginning to narrow the Democratic advantage in pre-Election Day voting.
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Doctors consider possible stroke and COVID-19 connection
The first thing to know about the possible links between COVID-19 and stroke is simple, say doctors: We just don't know.
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Don’t Talk Back to Your Teacher!
Shh! It’s against the law to talk back to your teacher in Texas. Effective September 1, 2019, Texas Legislatures’ new law will intensify the school-to-prison pipeline cycle. This vague and discretionary law, Senate Bill 2432, will allow administrators to refer students to alternative disciplinary education programs if an employee perceives harassment from a student. According to the Texas Penal Code 42.07, harassment includes intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass a person by phone, electronic communications and/or online posts.
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Mental Health Is a Problem for All Not Just Some
Being imbalanced is a problem that everyone has had to deal with at some point in their life more than once and will have to deal with it again. Life is stressful and can cause anyone anxiety. Mental health surveys indicate that 60% of the American population has experienced significant levels of mental and/or emotional unwellness since the onset of the global pandemic. A 2020 Kaiser family study indicated that Texans have had an increase in their levels of anxiety and depression from an average of 37.7% before the pandemic to 40.1% during the pandemic. Difficulties are with individuals owning this as their reality as a threat to their mental health can be an even bigger problem than dealing with stress and anxiety itself.
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The Right to Choose: Whose Rights Are Really Being Protected?
Having the freedom to choose is one of the undeniable rights that every natural born American has. Because we are all created equally with the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, we all know what it means to be free. However, when one American's right to choose negatively effects another American's inalienable right, who is really in the right and who is wrong? That is the big question when it comes to the new executive order from the office of Gov. Greg Abbott issued this past week.
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Task force on Capitol security released final report Monday
The task force established to review security at the US Capitol released its final report Monday, which calls for sweeping changes to improve US Capitol Police's emergency response and multiple security enhancements around the Capitol complex.
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Knowing the signs of a stroke and getting help quickly can make all the difference, experts say
When it comes to a stroke, acting fast is key. "Time lost is brain lost. Every minute counts," according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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35 Years since its first panels were stitched, The AIDS Memorial Quilt remains a powerful teaching tool for health action, remembrance and social justice
Thousands see largest Quilt display in a decade with 3,000 panels made during the darkest days of the pandemic and in recent years, a reminder that the fight for a cure, health and social justice is not over. National AIDS Memorial announces $2.4 million grant from Gilead Sciences to launch the Quilt Southern Initiative for new Quilt programming to tackle rising HIV rates within communities of color.
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Do humans need to hibernate? What research shows
Does the colder season have you dragging during the day, feeling like the amount of sleep you usually get in other parts of the year doesn’t seem to be enough now?
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Texas Migrant Deaths: Chronicle of An Ill-fated Journey
With a promise, Dario Lopez said farewell to his parents in the dusty Guatemalan village of Santa Irene.
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AboutThatCar.com: 2019 Lexus ES 350
Lexus, like a lot of other manufacturers, got caught. One of the world’s premier luxury brands, it is in the middle of rolling out a new generation of sedans when the entire market has become utility driven, pun intended. Last year light truck sales accounted for two thirds of market sales.
