Month: August 2022

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, classrooms are finally headed back to normalcy. While it’s a relief for parents, it’s going to take decades to absorb the brutal consequences of COVID on our nation’s kids. Back in the 1990s, I was listening to a presentation by an official who ran a for-profit prison. During the Q&A,
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CAIRO — An oil tanker ran aground Wednesday in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly blocking the global waterway, an official said. The Singaporean-flagged Affinity V vessel had become wedged in a single-lane stretch of the canal, said George Safwat, a spokesman for Suez Canal Authority. He told a government-affiliated Extra News satellite television the authority that
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Appearing Tuesday on the Fox Business Network, former Trump Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos criticized President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. A partial transcript is as follows:  INTERVIEWER: Who do you think is footing the bill? BETSY DEVOS: It’s very clear that two out of three Americans–well all Americans–will own student debt if this
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The off-duty Los Angeles police officer who was detained Saturday night alongside a man suspected of possessing drugs and a gun has accused the officers who detained him of racial profiling. The officer has accused members of a Los Angeles Police Department gang enforcement unit of confronting him because he is Black and not having
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An internet company has launched a 25-gigabit, community-wide service in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The company says its the first such network in the U.S., and it’s the fastest community-wide internet service in the nation. The service expects to yield better upload and download speeds, which can enhance things like video conferences or telehealth appointments. ​​It’s a bird. It’s
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rob Schneider voiced his opinion on the moment that he knew “Saturday Night Live” was “over.” The 58-year-old “SNL” alum told podcast host Glenn Beck that he believed the famous post-2016 U.S. presidential election cold open in which Kate McKinnon performed Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” as Hillary Clinton
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EDITORS’ PICKS Sometimes, everyday products our editors use don’t make it into our in-depth, long-form comparative pieces in which we vigorously test similar products head-to-head. That’s where our Editors’ Picks come in — where we highlight everyday products we personally stand by and use on a daily basis, and think you should too. In August,
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The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives. The hope is that
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The office of U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet published its long-awaited report on alleged rights violations in China’s western Xinjiang region Wednesday. GENEVA (AP) — China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office said in
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