Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House voted Monday to approve legislation that would largely prevent pride flags from being displayed in public school classrooms, sending the measure to the state Senate, where it is also expected to pass. The measure, House Bill 1605, would prohibit local education agencies from displaying flags other than the United States flag and the...
Plastics, pesticides and forever chemicals are exposing billions of people around the world to pernicious and dangerous health effects, a new report has found. In the report published Monday, scientists from the Endocrine Society and the International Pollutants Elimination Network criticized the way regulators determine the toxicity level of chemicals — and suggested that for a...
The Biden administration will put $1 billion toward cleaning up 110 contaminated sites, it said Tuesday. The $1 billion represents the final tranche of a total of $3.5 billion the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law put toward cleaning up Superfund sites, or areas that have been contaminated by hazardous waste. It will go toward launching new cleanup...
The former law partner and divorce lawyer of a top prosecutor in former President Trump’s Georgia election interference case has retaken the stand Tuesday after a judge determined he must testify in greater detail about Nathan Wade's romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D). Defense attorneys claim Terrence Bradley, Wade's former lawyer,...
New research released by Indeed, a popular job posting platform, shows that the number of postings requiring college degrees — or any education requirement at all — is dwindling. Indeed found 52 percent of postings on its site had no formal education requirement as of January 2024, up 4 percent from 2019. The number...
Deep divisions between Democratic and Republican leaders over Ukraine and border security were laid bare at the White House Tuesday — overshadowing efforts to head off a government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), emerging from a meeting with President Biden and other top congressional figures, argued that Ukraine will lose its war with Russia if...
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears referred to a transgender state senator as "sir" during a legislature session on Tuesday, and the lawmaker stormed out.
Southern Coal Corp., a company owned by Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, has been found in contempt for failing to fulfill orders to pay an insurance company.
House Republicans have subpoenaed Special Counsel Robert Hur for the transcript and any recordings of President Biden’s interview from the investigation into the president’s mishandling of classified documents.