This story mentions suicide. If you or a loved one are experiencing a mental health crisis or thoughts of suicide, please dial 988 or chat with a live counselor at 988lifeline.org. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate advanced online safety legislation Thursday aimed at protecting children from targeted advertising, data harvesting, bullying and sexual exploitation on popular […]
Iowa restaurants and stores have been cited for hundreds of food-safety violations in recent weeks, including a Clayton County eatery cited for long-expired juice and milk, moldy cheese and an ice dispenser with green slime growing in it. “Employees on site could not answer basic questions regarding food establishment operations,” a state inspector reported during […]
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Dryden Fire Department received a $95,000 boost Thursday thanks to a federal grant program meant to help local fire departments with staffing, equipment and fire prevention […]
It seemed they would be a shoo-in, and soon be making a living selling legal weed. And that might have been true, if not for the state’s disastrous roll-out of its first dispensary licenses.
Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.Efforts to improve Philadelphia students’ reading skills aren’t confined to classrooms. One of the latest such campaigns to bolster literacy is Right2R…
PHOENIX—In the middle of summer in the nation’s hottest city, water experts from local governments, tribal nations, universities and industry groups gathered Monday to discuss how the federal government could help local communities sustainably manage their declining aquifers. The White House is taking the initial steps to create potential policies to better understand and protect […]
A Missouri federal judge on Wednesday halted implementation of a Biden administration rule that extends protections for LGBTQ students, adding to the number of U.S. courts that have issued similar orders. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel of the Eastern District of Missouri came in a lawsuit filed on May 7 by […]
Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is launching an extensive mobilization effort across Pennsylvania this weekend that will lead up to a Monday rally featuring Gov. Josh Shapiro and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) will be on hand in Montgomery County for a volunteer canvassing kick-off, and Shapiro is the […]
