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The U.S.’ largest public school district will implement a “test to stay” strategy, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. Starting on Jan. 3 all New York City public schools will …

A Chicago 911 dispatcher ripped into the city’s leadership, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, for causing staffing shortages that have hampered authorities’ efforts to respond to rising crime. “What’s horrible is …

The nation’s second largest school district was set to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students, but once school leaders realized they would have to send home thousands of students …

Food items from soup to nuts are expected to get more expensive in 2022 as manufacturers target higher prices and consumers face increasing costs at grocery stores, multiple sources reported. …

An Australian teenager could face up to two years imprisonment for allegedly continuing to party at a nightclub after being informed he was positive for COVID-19. Ralph MacIntosh, a 19-year-old …

A California state commission requested that authorities crack down on retailers it accused of skirting plastic bag and pollution laws, Reuters reported. The California Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and …

Andrew Trunsky on December 28, 2021 A mass shooting across suburban Denver late Monday left five dead and one police officer injured, according to local reports. In a press conference, …

Winsome Sears, the Republican lieutenant governor-elect of Virginia, told The New York Times that Democrats are at risk of losing Black and immigrant voters. As an immigrant from Jamaica and …

Chinese scientists reportedly developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program capable of filing criminal charges. The AI “prosecutor” is given a verbal definition of a case and then decides whether to …

The Taliban made it illegal for women in Afghanistan to go on long-distance road trips alone, BBC News reported Monday. The Taliban’s Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of …

The 1619 Project Creator said she doesn’t understand the argument “that parents should decide what’s being taught” to their children in school on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. The 1619 …

A 15-year-old boy reportedly died after falling overboard from a cruise ship heading back to Miami on Wednesday. A “Man Overboard” alarm was reportedly sounded at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening …

A woman was charged with killing her boyfriend with a sword on Christmas Eve, the Associated Press reported. Brittany Wilson, 32, was found in her Missouri home she shared with …

Republican Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters is selling a line of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to finance his campaign, Axios reported. NFTs are unique packets of data stored on the blockchain, …

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is the most popular federal official among a group of 11 that includes congressional leaders, Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Joe Biden, new …