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Oct 12 2021
News
NPR poll: The delta surge pushed Americans further behind in all walks of life
Americans have fallen way behind.
The rent's overdue and evictions are looming. Two-thirds of parents say their kids have fallen behind in school. And one in five households say someone in the home has been unable to get medical care for a serious condition.
These are some of the main takeaways from a new national poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.
NPR (Online News)Apr 15 2022
News
S. Carolina Prisoner Chooses Firing Squad Over Electric Chair As He Challenges Law That Forces Death Row Inmates To Pick
A South Carolina death row prisoner chose Friday to die by firing squad instead of an electric chair, after he was required by a new law to pick or the state would choose for him—but he questioned the constitutionality of either punishment.
Richard Moore, 57, wrote in a court filing he more strongly opposes electrocution, but stressed he believes he was forced “to choose between two
The GuardianFeb 26 2020
News
Mike Bloomberg: Having a Gun in Your Home Puts You at Risk
Democrat presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg suggested average Americans are placed at higher risk of death or injury by having a gun in their home, during a CNN town hall on Wednesday.
Bloomberg said, “You don’t want to have guns. If you have a gun in your house you’re something like 22 times as likely to get killed with a gun.”
He added, “There’s domestic violence, there’s
Breitbart NewsDec 12 2013
News
White House's $100M mental health pledge: Token gesture or real effort at reform?
What does $100 million buy in mental health care across the country? Turns out, not much.
Timed with the one-year anniversary of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, the White House this week announced $100 million for mental health programs.
The announcement came on the same day Vice President Biden met with the families of victims from the Sandy Hook shooting. And while many
Fox News DigitalApr 07 2022
News
Florida and Disney
“Gov. Ron DeSantis has signaled support for stripping Disney of its 55-year-old special status that allows it to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme park. It’s the latest fallout in the feud between DeSantis and Disney over a measure that bans schools from teaching young children about sexual orientation or gender identity…
“The Walt Disney Company wrote
The Flip SideJun 20 2022
News
This May Be the COVID Variant Scientists Are Dreading
COVID-19 cases are increasing again in the United Kingdom, potentially signaling a future surge in infections in the United States and other countries.
A pair of new subvariants of the dominant Omicron variant—BA.4 and BA.5—appear to be driving the uptick in cases in the U.K. Worryingly, these subvariants seem to partially dodge antibodies from past infection or vaccination, making them
Daily BeastMar 10 2022
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U.S. gas prices aren’t quite at record highs, if you account for inflation, but soaring oil costs could change that soon
On Tuesday, the price of a gallon of regular gasoline broke a 14-year record in the U.S., according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), as the national average gas price soared past its previous peak of $4.144 per gallon, set in July 2008, and continued rising to hit $4.318 per gallon on Thursday.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has disrupted an already tight oil market, where
FortuneFeb 23 2022
Opinion
The price of censorship
Education has always been a battleground in the culture war, but the fight over what can or should be taught in schools has escalated to the point where, as in Virginia, it can determine who is elected to high public office.
Conservatives, like new Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, are convinced the only way to keep the country strong is to restrict education to “positive” or “patriotic”
The FulcrumAug 30 2021
News
State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries
The Education Department on Monday opened civil rights investigations into five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.
The department’s Office for Civil Rights announced the investigations in letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma,
Associated PressApr 07 2021
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Biden Expected To Outline Executive Actions On Gun Safety
President Biden is expected to announce one or more executive actions on Thursday putting restraints on the availability of certain firearms after a recent onslaught of mass shootings.
A source familiar with the discussions told NPR one of the actions is expected to address rules around so-called ghost guns, weapons that lack serial numbers and, in some cases, can be constructed at home
NPR (Online News)