Families see school as ‘optional’ and fines are not reversing post-Covid trend
Pepe Di’Iasio, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, will say fines ‘often deepen tensions’ ...
Is cost stopping Britain's lower-earners from getting hitched?
Some 71 per cent of children born into high-earning families in 2022 had parents who were married compared with as few as 20 ...
No oversight, high cost: Washington taxpayers shoulder $60 million burden for jail litigation
Local governments and insurers paid over $60 million to resolve and defend hundreds of jail-related claims in the last five years, a KING 5 investigation found.
Helene relief efforts persist as donations dwindle 5 months after the storm
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Food, water, heaters, temporary homes, donations, and cash started flowing into the mountains right after Helene hit. In the five months since, non-profits and churches have ...
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Clearfield County family credits fire chief for saving their lives
A devastating fire in Cooper Township left multiple families without a home, and one is crediting the fire chief of a ...
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In wake of federal funding cuts, Johns Hopkins scales back USAID-supported work around the globe
Recent cancellation of federally funded grants results in significant changes for the university's global health activities ...
Pinellas mother gets 45 years in prison for infant son’s death
Mason was airlifted to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, where he was diagnosed with swelling and severe bleeding of the brain.
Eric Adam, Bill de Blasio & Mitchell Katz: Five years after COVID, recall losses & lessons
On this day, exactly five years ago, we lost the first New Yorker to COVID-19. In the days and weeks that followed, the city ...
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Five years after COVID, what school workers recall best — and what problems linger
In 2020, the pandemic closed classrooms and banished hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren to learn over screens at home.
Washington taxpayers shell out $60 million for jail claims, lawsuits as oversight bills fail
Local governments and insurers paid over $60 million to resolve and defend hundreds of jail-related claims in the last five ...
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Trapped For 20 Years: Waterbury Police Detail Life Of Man Held Captive By Stepmom
The numbers are chilling. A 32-year-old man, standing five feet nine inches tall and weighing just 68 pounds, was forced to ...
COVID stole a parent from over 200,000 children. Indian Country lost the most
COVID-19 killed 1.2 million Americans. Many of those who died were parents, and the story of the children they left behind has gotten little attention.