Correction: Mother’s Day-Rikers Island story
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published May 12, 2024, about a new family visiting room for prisoners at New York’s Rikers Island jail complex,…
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Red, yellow, green … and white? Smarter vehicles could mean big changes for the traffic light
By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press Smarter vehicles could mean some of the most dramatic changes for the traditional traffic signal since the yellow…
Continue ReadingDog Show 101: What’s what at the Westminster Kennel Club
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look pretty…
Continue ReadingFine dining, at a new high. A Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere
By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothing to…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s debt tops $34 trillion, but a commission to address it appears dead in Congress
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For Mike Johnson it was effectively a Day 1 priority. It’s well past time, the newly…
Continue ReadingThe United Auto Workers faces a key test in the South with upcoming vote at Alabama Mercedes plant
By KIM CHANDLER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said…
Continue ReadingPanama’s next president says he’ll try to shut down one of the world’s busiest migration routes
By ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama is on the verge of a dramatic change to its immigration policy that could reverberate…
Continue ReadingTrump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got…
Continue ReadingTrump tells Jersey Shore crowd he’s being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial’ in hush money case
By STEVE PEOPLES, MIKE CATALINI and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump is blaming President Joe Biden for the criminal…
Continue ReadingRFK Jr. walks back opposition to government limits on abortion
By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walked back his opposition to any government limits on…
Continue ReadingFlooding forecast to worsen in Brazil’s south, where many who remain are poor
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (AP) — More heavy rain has started coming down in Brazil’s…
Continue Reading700 hotel union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino near Las Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS (AP) — About 700 workers have walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip in what union organizers say will be a…
Continue ReadingBarron Trump, 18, won’t be serving as a Florida delegate to the Republican convention after all
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, won’t be serving as a Florida…
Continue ReadingBiden administration moves to terminate agreement governing conditions for migrant children in US custody
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration moved Friday to terminate a decades-old agreement that governs conditions for…
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What's covered when someone else drives your car? Understanding permissive use
Cheap Insurance explains permissive use of your car and how it can impact your automobile…
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This video game is teaching college students entrepreneurship
BestColleges reports on a free multiplayer business-building mobile and PC game in which competition leads to the best entrepreneurship…
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How Pennsylvania secures mail ballots, prevents fraud, and makes sure votes count
Votebeat reports on how Pennsylvania is making sure its mail-in ballots are counted in its…
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What difference does it make if you are involved in your student's school and its activities and events?
Study.com uses data from various educational sources to break down how parental participation varies across demographics, school sizes, and school…
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Schools were just supposed to block porn. Instead they sabotaged homework and censored suicide prevention sites
The Markup reports on how students are speaking out against internet censorship in their…
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In the interest of profits, female student-athletes get left behind more than 50 years after Title IX
Using data from the Department of Education, Bold.org investigated ongoing disparities in treatment for collegiate female sports more than 50 years…
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