No more extra credit? Schools rethink approaches to grades
Some school districts plan to continue the practice instituted during the coronavirus pandemic of showing leniency in accepting late work and…
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Biden extends FEMA coronavirus aid for states through July 1
President Joe Biden is extending the federal government’s 100% reimbursement of COVID-19 emergency response costs to states, tribes and territories…
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Activism grows nationwide in response to school book bans
The wave of book bannings around the country has reached a level not seen for decades. So has the level of the…
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Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa to start seeking doctor help
If there is no doctor in the house, Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to summon…
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Target seeks to entice workers with pay of up to $24 an hour
Workers at Target stores and distribution centers in places like New York, where competition for finding and hiring staff is the fiercest, could see…
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Key inflation gauge hit 6.1% in January, highest since 1982
An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that…
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J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors have finalized a nationwide settlement over their role in the opioid addiction…
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Over half of U.S. abortions now done with pills, not surgery
A new report shows over half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than…
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Union vote at Arizona Starbucks put on hold
The effort to unionize Starbucks workers is one of the country’s most closely-watched labor organizing drives in years. On Wednesday, that effort was…
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AT&T is shutting down its 3G network. Here’s how it could impact you
Twenty years after 3G was first introduced in the United States, paving the way for a new generation of mobile apps, the network is officially being…
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Climate grant illustrates growth in philanthropy-funded news
The Associated Press is announcing a grant that will allow it to assign more than two dozen journalists around the world to cover climate…
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Why cage-free eggs becoming norm: It’s what people want
The nation’s egg producers are in the midst of a multibillion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of…
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Amazon rolls back mask mandate for some vaccinated warehouse workers
Amazon will no longer require its fully vaccinated warehouse employees to wear face masks at work in states that have eased up on mask mandates, the…
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Landlords finding ways to evict after getting rental aid
A growing number of landlords are taking federal rental assistance to cover months of back rent but still moving to evict…
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Largest US public power company launches new nuclear program
The largest public power company in the United States is launching a program to develop and fund new small modular nuclear reactors as part of its…
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Jobless claims fall again for third straight week
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits for the third straight…
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Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest COVID-19 surge
Hospitalizations fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant in the U.S. have begun falling after peaking at record levels in some…
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Black colleges alarmed by bomb threats, but undeterred
Numerous historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. temporarily locked down their campuses last week in response to at least 17…
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Biden task force releases report to strengthen labor unions
A Biden administration task force has issued a set of recommendations that could make it easier for federal workers and contractors to…
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COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000
With the brutal omicron wave rapidly easing its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of the 50 states, even as the nation’s…
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