High school students’ scores fall in reading and math
WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Michigan judge dismisses criminal charges in Trump election case
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges Tuesday against a group of people who were…
Home Depot stores, long a hub for day laborers, now draw immigration agents
LOS ANGELES — At a Home Depot parking lot, a man patrols on a bicycle for federal immigration…
Judge skewers $1.5B Anthropic settlement with authors in pirated books case over AI training
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday skewered a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company…
Decades-long peace vigil outside White House is dismantled
WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials on Sunday removed a peace vigil that had stood outside the White…
Chicago churches urge calm resistance to expected federal intervention
CHICAGO — The Rev. Marshall Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on Chicago’s West Side to…
Chicago churches urge preparedness amid federal intervention fears
CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Marshall Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on Chicago’s West Side…
Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine rule won’t start for 90 days, won’t cover all diseases
Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only…
Several Trump’s immigration policies have faced lawsuits, court rulings
President Donald Trump has promised to remove millions of people from the United States in the largest deportation…
AI shakes up the call center industry, but some tasks are still better left to the humans
NEW YORK (AP) — Armen Kirakosian remembers the frustrations of his first job as a call center agent…