Reporter’s Notebook: Chicago schools face nightmare as Illinois pushes progressive politics
The disconnect between the progressive ideology driving these new standards and the realities on the ground could not be starker.
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NC mom of 5 accidentally shot after kids find gun in purse: cops
A North Carolina mother of five was accidentally shot to death after one of her children found a loaded gun in her purse, authorities said.
Houston furniture store offers shelter after winter storm
For Tina Rios, her family and hundreds of other people, shelter from the winter storm that has left much of Houston without power or heat came from an unusual place: a furniture store.
LIVE UPDATES: Texas reeling from extreme winter weather as another major storm is heading east
Hundreds of thousands of Texans are entering yet another day without power Thursday as extreme winter weather this week is now being blamed for at least 30 deaths around the U.S.
Keeping schools closed hurts minority, low-income children the most, study finds
A study of San Francisco students found that students of color and low-income students have suffered the most as the school district has stuck to virtual learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.
We went over 48 hours without power in sub-freezing Texas. Here’s what it was like
If you told me two weeks ago that I would soon be tramping across a snow-covered apartment complex at midnight, looking for something to burn to keep my wife warm from the sub-freezing temperatures outside in Texas, I would have not believed you.
Major winter storm is crawling across Eastern US
Another major winter storm is crawling across the Eastern third of the country with a plethora of hazards.
Montgomery bus boycott: What to know
The Montgomery bus boycott was a large civil rights demonstration that saw African Americans in the Alabama city refuse to ride public buses in protest of segregated seating.
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting.