Secretary Devos Claims a Report Showing Charters Average 40% Failure Rate is Fake News, but Doesn’t Know What the Actual Failure Rate is Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday and MORE
SACRAMENTO — A Los Angeles lawmaker wants California to allow for human composting, an eco-friendly alternative to traditional burial or cremation in which the dead are turned into soil. The state of Washington became the first MORE
In late 2014, health officials belatedly became aware of an HIV outbreak in Scott County, Indiana. With fewer than 24,000 people, this rural county rarely saw a single new case in a year, according to The New York Times. But by MORE
WABASSO BEACH, Fla. — A modern-day treasure hunter uncovered quite a score on an Indian River County beach last week. Jonah Martinez, who’s been combing for buried treasure for 24 years, discovered nearly two dozen MORE
The prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe has closed all K-12 public school and special needs school activities from March second until the end of the school year, in about two weeks. He cites the MORE
Many scholars agree that once a president has been impeached, he or she loses the power to pardon anyone for criminal offenses connected to the articles of impeachment. Less noticed is that even after the Senate’s failure MORE
Both men told a White House news conference that the risk to the American people remained very low. The announcement came as new cases of Covid-19, the infection caused by the Wuhan coronavirus, continue to MORE
In an escalation of the Republican president’s long-running battle with the news media, campaign officials said the lawsuit was being filed in the New York State Supreme Court, the state’s trial-level court. A statement from MORE
Chris Taylor, a Safford city councilman who is running for Congress, overdosed on heroin last week and since has suspended his campaign. The Wednesday incident was a relapse for Taylor, a combat veteran who has battled MORE
The US Democratic Party is undergoing something of an identity crisis as it debates what direction to take ahead of the looming battle with President Donald Trump, a Republican, in November. A tension between the MORE
Mike Bloomberg’s campaign has spent the last month unapologetically performing the digital equivalent of dumping buckets of fresh garbage into the trash fire that is internet discourse in 2020, apparently with little or no concern MORE
Here are some of the things Trump has done to shut down America’s ability to respond to pandemic disease. Trump’s first budget proposal contained proposed cuts to the CDC that former Director Tom Frieden warned were “unsafe at MORE
Seventy former senators drafted an open letter to current members of the chamber proposing a new bipartisan caucus amid the current era of aggressive partisanship.. These 70 former senators said Congress is “not fulfilling its constitutional duties” MORE
A Miami man who flew to China worried he might have coronavirus. He may owe thousands. Remember when Trump decided he’d get rid of the ACA by approving junk plans that could impose pre-existing conditions MORE
Andrew Lack, who became chairman of MSNBC in 2015, is known for his hostility toward progressives. The rise of Donald Trump allowed Lack to move the network to the right while still keeping its liberal MORE
At least 30 people were injured on Monday after a man drove into a crowd in “a deliberate act” at a Carnival parade in the German town of Volkmarsen, police said. […] The total number MORE
Administrative savings from Medicare for All would be about $600 billion a year. Savings on prescription drugs would be between $200 billion and $300 billion a year, if we paid around the same price as other wealthy countries pay for their drugs. MORE
The visit comes as India’s economy is under strain and unemployment is high. Mr Modi is facing criticism at home and abroad over Kashmir and a controversial law that fast-tracks citizenship to non-Muslim religious minorities from three MORE
Sanders has been courting Latinos for months. It helped him sweep the vote in Nevada Source: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders seems to have swept Latino voters in the Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, an affirmation of his months-long MORE
ANSA) – Rome, February 21 – Six people have been infected with the coronavirus in Lombardy, regional welfare councillor Giulio Gallera said Friday. Gallera urged people in the towns of Codogno, Castiglione d’Adda and Casalpusterlengo MORE
Donald Trump has taken a jab at the Oscars for awarding this year’s best picture honor to Parasite, because the film is South Korean. “How bad were the Academy Awards this year?” Trump asked a MORE
It’s a video but I’ll break down the stats: Health Care Expenditure per Capita: The USA is the highest in the worldNumber of US Citizens without Health Insurance: >37,000,000How much Medicare for All would save MORE
SpaceX has signed a deal with a space tourism company to organize a trip orbiting the Earth for a handful of adventurous travelers. Space Adventures — which organized eight tourism trips to the International Space Station MORE
Two shootings in the western German city of Hanau late Wednesday left nine people dead and four injured, local police said. Police are examining a letter and video […] of the main suspect.. […] Bild has reported that MORE
I wanted to give an introduction to this masterpiece but the most beautiful and eloquent words in the world can do it no justice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKf4y0Ki96I