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Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening

The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the U.S. has ever seen. Two years later, even after schools reopened and vaccines became widely available, many parents have chosen to continue directing their children’s educations themselves. Homeschooling numbers this year dipped from last year’s… Read More

FDA to regulate synthetic nicotine in e-cigs

U.S. regulators will soon begin cracking down on vaping companies using a now-closed loophole, including a line of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes that have become teenagers’ top choice. Under a law taking effect Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products that use synthetic nicotine. Cholesterol drug linked… Read More

Finance company settles for $900K over illegal dog leasing

A California-based finance company has agreed to pay more than $900,000 to settle allegations that it was illegally leasing dogs in Massachusetts, the state attorney general’s office said. As part of the agreement entered in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday, Monterey Financial Services LLC will stop collecting on active leases,… Read More

Report: Shocking twist in arrest of NYC subway shooting suspect

On Tuesday, the country was reeling from horrific reports of an armed terrorist shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway in cold blood. Now, there’s been a shocking twist. The suspect called the police on himself, the Associated Press reported. Frank R. James, 62, was taken into custody about 30… Read More

Supply chain issues? NBA game delayed by railway traffic

The Charlotte Hornets were delayed getting to the arena Wednesday for their NBA play-in game against the Atlanta Hawks. By a freight train, of all things. Tracks run all around State Farm Arena, a remnant of a time when the area was the site of the city’s two major passenger… Read More

First-time homebuyers scrambling this spring

While demand for homes has remained red hot, market conditions have slowed the pace of sales nationally compared with a year ago. Below are some facts and figures that show what prospective homebuyers are up against. Sponsored: What eggs do to senior brains — Just 870,000 homes were on the… Read More

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez missed her big moment (she won’t like this)

In March 2020, the Trump administration unveiled Title 42, a new rule allowing DHS to turn away some asylum seekers for the sake of COVID prevention. On Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the Biden administration’s intention to rescind Trump’s rule. Two months earlier, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., had… Read More

CDC extends travel mask requirement

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order, which was set to expire on April 18,… Read More

Congress sees bipartisan push on mental health crisis

A major effort to overhaul care for people in the United States with mental health and drug problems is gaining traction as Congress and the Biden administration work on overlapping plans to address concerns across dividing lines of politics, geography and race. Top goals include responding to the mental health… Read More

Man gets 2 years for multistate golf cart thefts

A Florida man linked to dozens of motorized golf cart thefts in the Upper Midwest was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison. The FBI began investigating Nathan Rodney Nelson in July 2019 after the Cass County Sheriff’s Office in Fargo, North Dakota, asked for help in solving a… Read More