Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide for first time since start of pandemic, early CDC data suggests
Partial CDC data suggest that influenza deaths may have already reached as high as 2% of deaths for the week ending on Feb. 1 ...
Why the COVID Deniers Won
By disparaging public-health methods and discrediting vaccines, the COVID‑19 minimizers cost hundreds of thousands of people ...
Wages are rising faster than inflation. Why are consumers still feeling the pinch?
Wages have risen fast enough to overcome inflation in recent years. Even so, consumers are still vibing economic ennui.
A failing Nation's Report Card proves need for sweeping change
The new Nation’s Report Card is truly scandalous; it shows that one in every three eighth graders are functionally illiterate ...
Inside FEMA’s sickening history of misspending billions of taxpayers’ dollars — and going largely unchecked
The most recent audit of the embattled disaster response agency claimed it mismanaged nearly $10 billion during the COVID ...
Column: Gavin Newsom, Donald Trump and the art of the deal
Rather than confronting Trump, California's governor is showing restraint and using flattery to ensure the state gets the ...
Most US kids aren’t gaining fast enough in reading and math. Some schools are different.
An analysis of state and national assessment test scores finds a few bright spots, along with evidence that interventions ...
Duolingo’s cute owl mascot is dead. It is an ex-owl
Following in the claw-steps of Twitter’s blue bird, axed in 2023 after Elon Musk acquired the social media platform and changed its name to X, the owl appears to have fallen victim to a corporate ...
Despite push to scale back leveled courses, most Mass. districts retain advanced high school classes
More than 100 superintendents responded to a Globe survey, with every K-12 district having at least some sorting of students ...
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Pandemic recovery continues, but students still lag behind 2019 test scores
But education researchers at Harvard and Stanford say there are bright spots — some individual school districts have ...
Michigan screenwriter's COVID experience inspired script for sci-fi thriller 'The Gorge'
"The Gorge," a love story with star-crossed lovers and a sci-fi twist, is the latest from "Tomorrow War" screenwriter Zach ...
After 25 Years of Triumphs and Troubles, a Ballerina Bids Farewell
Ashley Bouder, the longtime New York City Ballet principal, is leaving with a final performance in “Firebird.” ...