Month: November 2019

Some 300,000 Chicago students returned to their schools Friday after an 11-day teachers’ strike ended with a deal that will make “students’ lives better,” Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey said. The agreement reached between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union Thursday includes millions of dollars to reduce class sizes and bring more

The US is cutting Cameroon from a trade pact over allegations of human rights violations. President Donald Trump said the West African nation failed to address concerns over its “persistent gross violations of internationally recognized human rights” allegedly committed by Cameroon’s security forces. The US also cut more than $17 million in security aid and

Members of a choir lift their voices up. One kids’ classic gets a remix nobody asked for. And holy smokes can this roamin’ Catholic dance! These are the must-see videos for the week: Holy moly It’s fair to say there was mass hysteria at Cardinal Gibbons High School when the theology teacher made a surprise

Forget the American love affair with Cheez Whiz, blocks of Velveeta and pasteurized processed cheese food slices. A cheese from the United States has been named the world’s top cheese. Rogue River Blue has taken the top prize at the 2019 World Cheese Awards, marking the first time a US cheese has ever been named

The International Space Station orbits the Earth 16 times a day, giving space gawkers several chances to wave to their neighbors in the thermosphere. Because of its relatively close proximity to Earth, it can be viewed with few resources and the right timing. The station travels up to 17,000 mph some 250 miles from land.

While many have England down as not-so-slight favorites for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final against South Africa, it is anything but a foregone conclusion. If recent Rugby World Cups have taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. After all, England was not even expected to reach the final but thumped the All Blacks last

The prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has continued to climb significantly among adults in the United States within the past decade, a new study suggests. The study, published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open on Friday, found increasing rates of adults diagnosed with ADHD within the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health system between

When Karolina Pliskova won the first set 6-0 in 20 minutes against Simona Halep at the WTA Finals, few could have envisaged the drama that was to come. Remarkably, it was Halep who seemed destined to progress to the semifinals at the year-end championships before Pliskova rallied, buckled but finally sealed the Purple Group encounter

The United States on Friday suspended imports of all tobacco and tobacco products from Malawi for alleged forced labor practices — including child labor. Customs and Border Protection, which holds the authority to detain imports, has recently ramped up its efforts to hold companies and suppliers accountable for forced labor practices. The agency issued a

With cookie baking season around the corner, you may want to check your refrigerator first. Nestlé USA says it put out a voluntary recall after getting reports that customers found pieces of food-grade rubber pieces in some of their cookie dough products. The company said in a release that it had identified and fixed the

A monkey that zookeepers think was hurt trying to protect his son during a suspected break in has died. Vern, the tufted capuchin monkey, was unresponsive when staff found him on Tuesday morning, said the Wright Park Zoo in Dodge City, Kansas. “While the Zoo’s contracted veterinarian did everything they could to revive him, he

Click here for updates on this story     Corpus Christi (KZTV) — Imagine losing something as a teenager only to be reunited with it decades later. That is exactly what happened to a local man who lost his high school graduation ring 44 years ago. A 1974 Robstown graduate dropped back for a pass during a