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Parents in the Senate endorse banning social media for kids

Sen. Katie Britt says she hears about it constantly when she is at home in Alabama — at school track meets, basketball tournaments and on her regular morning walks with friends. And when she was running for the Senate last year, Britt says, “parent after parent” came up to her… Read More

Chuck Schumer accidentally leaks Dianne Feinstein health update

89-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., went to the hospital for shingles in March. She promised in March to return “later this month,” but more than two months later, Feinstein is still missing work. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accidentally leaked an update on Feinstein’s recovery this week. He was… Read More

Five wounded in Atlanta mass shooting

One person was fatally shot and at least four others injured Wednesday in a mass shooting at a medical building in Midtown Atlanta, police said. Atlanta police said there had been no additional shots fired since the initial shooting unfolded inside a Northside Medical building on West Peachtree Street in… Read More

Fed raises rates but signals that it may have finished

The Federal Reserve reinforced its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point to the highest level in 16 years. But the Fed also signaled that it may now pause the streak of 10 rate hikes that have made borrowing for consumers and businesses… Read More

Kevin Costner begins divorce after nearly 19 years

Kevin Costner and his wife of nearly 19 years, Christine Baumgartner, are divorcing, a representative for the actor said Tuesday. “It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control have transpired which have resulted in Mr. Costner having to participate in a dissolution of marriage,” Costner’s publicist Arnold Robinson… Read More

Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR’s Twitter account

Elon Musk threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company,” according to the non-profit news organization, in an ongoing spat between Musk and media groups since his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter last year. “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR… Read More

Arrest made after manhunt for Texas massacre suspect

A day after the man suspected of massacring five of his neighbors in a Texas shooting was arrested, the sheriff says his wife has also been taken into custody. Divimara Lamar Nava, 53, wife of suspect Francisco Oropeza, was in custody in connection with the Friday night shooting, according to… Read More

I quit! Top Dem resigns amid Big Cannabis scandal

The Democrats have maintained a trifecta on Oregon’s state government for over a decade, but they’re starting to see threats to the stability of their rule. Last year, the state elected a Democrat governor by the smallest margin in over a decade. Now, Oregon’s second-highest ranking official is resigning amid… Read More

US students scored lower on history tests amid pandemic

Test scores in history and civics have declined slightly for eighth grade students in the U.S., according to results that show an increasing number of children lack a basic understanding of either subject. The scores were released Wednesday by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The same assessment reported in… Read More

West Virginia principal startled by bear in dumpster

A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the wake-up call when it emerged — growling and roaring — from a dumpster outside an elementary school. Zela Elementary School principal James Marsh was surprised to discover the bear had somehow managed to get inside the dumpster over the weekend… Read More