Move over “Dick and Jane.” A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate backers on each side of the so-called reading wars. The battle has reached into… Read More
Musk’s company takes second shot at launching biggest rocket
SpaceX prepared to launch the biggest and most powerful rocket Thursday, working nonstop after the first shot at a test flight fizzled earlier in the week. The nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship was poised to blast off from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. SpaceX’s Elon Musk gave… Read More
Supreme Court extends access to abortion pill to Friday
The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect. The court is dealing with a new abortion controversy less than a year after its conservative majority… Read More
Elon Musk’s Twitter removes policy against ‘deadnaming’
Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.” Twitter enacted the policy against deadnaming, or using a transgender person’s name before they transitioned, as well as purposefully using the wrong gender for someone as a form of harassment, in 2018. Sponsored: Eerie WW2… Read More
Texas cheerleaders shot after one says she got in wrong car
A man shot and wounded two cheerleaders in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one of them said she mistakenly got into his car thinking it was her own — the latest in a string of recent U.S. shootings apparently sparked by someone showing up at the wrong place. The… Read More
Otis Redding III, who followed father into music, dies at 59
Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday. Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec…. Read More
1 dead and 5 injured in downtown Manhattan garage collapse
A parking garage collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, killing one worker, injuring five and crushing cars as concrete floors fell on top of each other like a stack of pancakes, officials said. Vehicles tumbled into what looked like a frozen stream of sedans and SUVs. People nearby described… Read More
Inside Hillary Clinton’s crystal ball…
Former State Secretary Hillary Clinton — a twice-failed candidate for the White House — should have learned to stop making predictions after Nov. 8, 2016. But she just made a bold prediction, seemingly gleaned from a crystal ball. Sponsored: Doctor Explains Surprising Truth About Coffee According to Clinton, former President… Read More
Netflix to end DVD-by-mail service after 25 years
Netflix is poised to shut down the DVD-by-mail rental service that set the stage for its trailblazing video streaming service, ending an era that began a quarter century ago when delivering discs through the mail was considered a revolutionary concept. The DVD service, which still delivers films and TV shows… Read More
13-year-old boy gets stuck climbing into claw machine for prize
A 13-year-old boy had to be freed from a claw machine after he climbed inside hoping to score a prize, according to an official at a North Carolina amusement park. Carowinds officials were alerted just before 2 p.m. Sunday that the boy was inside the Cosmic XL Bonus Game, which… Read More
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