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(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Pandemic learning loss could reduce the lifetime earnings of students by $70,000, according to a study from a Stanford economist. The study, based on math test scores, projects the losses could total $28 trillion over the course of the century, said Eric Hanushek, the Paul...

(Headline USA) The Chinese government blasted COVID-19 testing requirements imposed on passengers from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved, which include the U.S. and several European nations. “We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more...

(Headline USA) Nearly 1,600 death row inmates have been put to death in the U.S. since 1977, but an execution scheduled for Tuesday in Missouri would be the first of an openly transgender person. Amber McLaughlin, 49, is set to die for stalking a former girlfriend and stabbing her to...

(Headline USA) The number of young kids, especially toddlers, who accidentally ate marijuana-laced treats rose sharply over five years as pot became legal in more places in the U.S., according to a study published Tuesday. More than 7,000 confirmed cases of kids younger than 6 eating marijuana edibles were reported...

(The Center Square) – The S&P 500 had its worst year since 2008 and saw its third annual decline since 2018. The blue chip index closed out 2022 at 3,839.50, a 19.4% loss over the year, after closing 2021 at 4,766.18, representing 27% in gains. The reversal represents $8.2 trillion...

(The Center Square) – More parents overwhelmingly chose school choice in 2022 after expressing frustration with lockdown policies, school boards and mandates. As more state legislators look to expand school choice policies in 2023, Florida is seen as a model to follow, according to several reports and polls taken...

(Headline USA) Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Saturday to legalize natural organic reduction, popularly known as human composting, making New York the sixth state in the nation to allow that method of burial. Washington state became the first state to legalize human composting in 2019, followed by Colorado and...

(Headline USA) With security threats to Supreme Court justices still fresh in American memories, Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday praised programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.” Roberts and other conservative Supreme Court justices were the subject of mobs, some at their homes,...

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) An Oregon woman was recently arrested for pushing a 3 year old child onto the MAX train tracks. Brianna Lace Workman, 32, was found guilty of first-degree attempted assault, third-degree attempted assault, interfering with public transportation, second-degree disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment. According to the Gateway Pundit,...

(Headline USA) A provision in the recently signed defense spending bill mandates that the United States work to ease Ukraine’s debt burden at the International Monetary Fund, which could create tensions at the world’s lender-of-last-resort over one of its biggest borrowers. The National Defense Authorization Act requires American representatives to each global...

(Headline USA) Wall Street capped a quiet day of trading with more losses Friday, as it closed the book on the worst year for the S&P 500 since 2008. The benchmark index finished with a loss of 19.4% for 2022, or 18.1%, including dividends. It's just its third annual decline since...

(Headline USA) Black voters have been a steady foundation for Democrats for decades, but that support appeared to show cracks in the 2022 election. Republican candidates were backed by 14% of Black voters, compared with 8% in the last midterm elections four years ago, according to AP VoteCast, an extensive national survey...