After school cellphone bans passed many statehouses with bipartisan support in recent legislative sessions, state lawmakers are turning to legislation governing how long students should spend looking at screens. This year, four states passed laws restricting or regulating screen time for students from childcare through fifth grade. Iowa capped digital instruction at 60 minutes per […]
The “dog days of summer” have nothing to do with lazy pets stretched out on porches. That phrase sounds playful, but its roots reach back to ancient skywatching. Today, people use it to mean the hottest, most sluggish stretch of the year. Yet the original idea came from a star, not a dog. Once you know that, the phrase starts to feel less like a casual saying and more like a small piece of history hiding in everyday speech. What “dog days of summer” means now In modern
On July 24, one of the most significant events in global history took place in 1911, when American archaeologist Hiram Bingham brought international attention to Machu Picchu in Peru. The Inca site was already known locally, but Bingham’s visit introduced it to a much wider world. At the time, this mattered because it expanded understanding of the Inca civilization and helped spark major interest in the history of the Americas. It still matters today because Machu Picchu has become one
Music star Jon Bon Jovi abruptly ended a concert at New York's Madison Square Garden early Thursday night, telling concertgoers he had to "cool it.""Don't throw away your ticket stubs…
Missouri withdrew this week from a multi-state lawsuit seeking to strike down a part of federal law requiring states to provide services to allow people with disabilities to live in their communities instead of institutions. The lawsuit began in September 2024 with 17 Republican-led states challenging a Biden administration rule that indicated gender dysphoria “may […]
WENTZVILLE, Mo. - Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe announced a large investment into the Wentzville GM plant Friday morning. According to officials with GM, $157 million investment includes new paint process equipment, a 28,000-square-foot expansion and refurbishing the paint shop infrastructure. "This investment builds upon GM's long-term commitment to Wentzville, strengthening a key manufacturing site with [...]
WASHINGTON — One day after President Donald Trump attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. service members killed as a result of the Iran conflict, the two chambers of Congress were at odds over whether to rein in the president’s military powers in the monthslong war. While members of the U.S. House […]
Earlier this year FCC boss Brendan Carr launched a series of fake investigations into ABC because the network (1) hosted Democratic Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico on The View, (2) aired comedians who made fun of the president and his wife, and (3) occasionally engaged in journalism critical of Trump corruption. The details of these […]
The nation’s death rate may have fallen to a historic low last year as many of the killers of young people such as drug overdoses, gun homicides and traffic accidents continued receding in 2025, according to new federal statistics. States have not shared equally in the success, though, according to a Stateline analysis of provisional […]
The man who shot and killed a University City police sergeant on Halloween 2008, targeting a white officer and wanting to spark an anti-government revolution, has died.
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