Tag: effective

Sunny Bryant, an 8-year-old transgender girl from Texas, enjoys playing baseball and gymnastics. According to her mother, Rebekah Bryant, she has also been "begging" to...

According to court documents, Christopher Belter raped the girl when she was 16 years old. He, too, was a teen, a student at an...

Illinois is set to become the first state to require Asian American history to be taught in public schools, after a bill passed its...

Thousands of Japanese military personnel have previously traveled around the world to assist the UN in some of the most volatile hotspots. However, priorities...

With a new home and a new $5 billion stadium already under their belt within the last 5 years, the LA Rams have taken another...

The University of Michigan has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by students who wanted the school to change how it protects students on...

The American Library Association (ALA) reports that books for children and young adults with themes of race, gender, and sexual identity faced an "unprecedented"...

As another holiday approaches, the Biden administration has been contemplating whether to restrict domestic travel to certain states. While many Americans are gearing up for...

New York City will launch the nation's largest and most comprehensive workforce development program for at-risk LGBTQ youth this summer. NYC Unity Works, a $2.6...

The CIA's No. 2 official made it clear in a recent closed-door meeting with leaders of the agency's counterterrorism center that fighting al-Qaida and...

China has begun construction of more than 100 new intercontinental ballistic missile silos in a desert near the northwestern city of Yumen, according to...

Google wants you to reconsider how you record screen on your Chromebook, particularly in classroom and education scenarios. Screencast, a new system app in ChromeOS...

Customers no longer have to wait in line to purchase a cupcake from a Sprinkles bakery. Instead, they enter an order into a tablet,...

According to a House investigation set to be presented on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, the leading manufacturers of assault rifles used in the deadliest...

The unexpected collapse of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges shook the nation's capital this week, as lawmakers grappled with the wide-ranging fallout...

A gunman who opened fire in a crowded shopping mall, killing three people, acted alone and apparently chose his victims at random, Danish police...

Carolyn Foote was shocked and outraged when Republican lawmakers targeted hundreds of books about race, equality, and sexuality in Texas school libraries. She and...

Global markets trembled on Monday, with Asian markets plummeting sharply as the prospect of war in Ukraine grew. The major US indexes shook at...

Scientists reported in a new study published Thursday that human-caused climate change has disrupted a large system of ocean currents in the Atlantic, including...

Following the domestic terror attack in a Buffalo supermarket, we are reminded that hatred still has a foothold in this country and in our...

Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on...

Republicans have frequently had to awkwardly defend or flat-out denounce the actions of former President Donald Trump. And it's unlikely to be the last time...

SpaceX prepared a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule for launch early Wednesday to ferry four professional astronauts to the lab complex for...

A German court on Tuesday found a 97-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary guilty of aiding in the killing of more than 10,000 people. Irmgard...

If you were to look at Dubai right now you may think life is back to normal. Recently, the busy city has been a...

Research into the long-term effects of Covid-19 on the US workforce has confirmed what anyone who has waited for a delivery or been unable...

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a "full-scale" attack in Ukraine on Thursday, reportedly launching missiles and bombs into cities at dawn. It came just...

As California's attorney general, Xavier Becerra led a national effort to preserve the Affordable Care Act and fought the Trump administration on issues ranging...

The prospect of inflation reaching 12% this autumn is growing after higher fuel and food prices pushed the official measure of the cost of...

The South African government announced Friday that it will donate slightly more than 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to other...

Selena Gomez spoke to Vulture ahead of the release of her Apple TV+ documentary My Mind and Me on Friday, discussing everything from how...

The Rev. Athanasius Chidi Abanulo, who uses skills honed in his African homeland to effectively minister in rural Alabama, decides how long he can...

Authorities said Wednesday that the 21-year-old man accused of opening fire at a suburban Chicago Fourth of July parade, killing seven people and injuring...

Protesters are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., on Monday, bringing small amounts of cannabis to join hip-hop artists Redman and M-1 of Dead...

Rudy Giuliani may have his law license suspended or revoked as a result of a preliminary finding that he broke at least one professional...

Republican Robin Vos, Wisconsin's longest-serving Assembly speaker, has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun rights, and oppose COVID-19 mandates. Despite...

According to a report filed Monday by the  Congressional Budget Office, the number of Americans employed will not return to its pre-pandemic level until...

The House of Representatives is poised this week to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan with $1,400 checks, billions for vaccines,...

According to a report released Tuesday that provides a comprehensive look at American philanthropy, charitable giving in the United States reached a record $485...

The Biden administration is considering expanding a policy that restricts federal agents' use of "no-knock" warrants. A "no-knock warrant," as the name suggests, is a...

A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators is expected to announce on Sunday that they have reached a tentative agreement on legislation that would pair...

Oklahoma is set to execute Benjamin Cole, a 57-year-old man convicted of the murder of his 9-month-old daughter, on Thursday, continuing a string of...

Lebanon has been without a fully functioning government for nearly ten months, with President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri unable to reach...

As state legislatures convene this month, Republican governors and lawmakers who have fought to limit racial discussions in public schools are rallying behind a...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States reduced the recommended time for people to isolate after testing positive for Covid-19...

With the current surge of COVID-19 cases, New York City's new mayor, Eric Adams, who was sworn in just after midnight on New Year's...

On the last day of the state's legislative session, Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature passed two bills aimed at transgender children, including one that makes it...

A framed photo on the wall of Travis Riddle's soul food restaurant shows the local sheriff arresting a gray-bearded white man with his hands...

Families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims reached a $73 million settlement with the manufacturer of the gun used in the deadly...

President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19 back in October of 2020 and apparently was much sicker than he acknowledged at the time. He had extremely...

For years, the Chinese Communist Party has been building a moral ranking system that will monitor the behavior of its vast population and rank...

Some politicians and activists have recently claimed that teaching about race and inclusion in schools is divisive or a means of indoctrinating students. However, the...

The figures don't lie: solar energy is on the rise. According to the International Energy Agency's 2021 report, power generated by renewable solar power...

A dispute between railroads and labor unions could result in a shutdown as early as Friday, halting most train traffic across the country. Trains...

When Saraswati Tamang Karki became ill with COVID-19 in a small village near Mount Everest, her family had to enlist the assistance of Nepalese...

According to a top federal health official, the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus now accounts for 83 percent of all sequenced cases...

On Monday, a judge sentenced a white father and son to life in prison and their neighbor to 35 years in prison for a...

It was one of the worst phone calls I'd ever received: a friend in Kabul calling on a Sunday afternoon to tell me that...

French cuisine refers to the distinctive cooking habits and traditional practices in France. This cuisine originated during the middle ages and has been a...

​​West Virginia University researchers believe they have discovered living microorganisms in a halite sample dating back 830 million years, providing insight into past life...

Promises, big asks, and optics are common for many of our CEOs. However, a lack of follow-through is eroding trust, which bodes ill for...

Following the May massacre in Uvalde, Texas, a simple account of the police response took hold: Following his command, scores of officers from over...

The Supreme Court of the United States has consistently prohibited school-sponsored prayer in public schools. Simultaneously, lower courts have generally prohibited public school employees...

The raging floodwaters that killed or went missing dozens of people in eastern Kentucky also washed away some of the region's irreplaceable history. Appalshop, a...

According to the House GOP campaign arm, there are more female and Hispanic Republicans running for office than ever before. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy...

The White House has warned that funding to combat the Covid-19 pandemic will soon run out. Uninsured Americans will no longer be able to receive...

Rideshare company Lyft offered rides to the Reno-Tahoe International Airport for more than $1,500 to people looking to evacuate from a Lake Tahoe resort...

According to European intelligence officials and defense analysts, explosions at a Russian airbase in Crimea that Ukraine claims destroyed nine fighter aircraft may indicate...

Uganda's schools reopened to students on Monday, bringing the world's longest school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic to an end. The reopening caused traffic...

Shares in tech giant Alibaba climbed more than six percent Monday as the ecommerce titan reassured investors that a record $2.78 billion antitrust fine...

Russia's so-called National Republican Army (NRA), which describes itself as an anti-Putin resistance group, has mocked Russian security services' claims that Darya Dugina was...

California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at...

Mehle Taylor, 10, drew a picture of Rogelio Torres, one of her close friends who was brutally killed in last month's school shooting massacre,...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have spoken by phone whenever the US announces a new package...

According to The Wall Street Journal's senior White House correspondent, Michael Bender, "furious arguments, abrupt decision changes, perpetual dismay, and anarchy and chaos" defined...

Economic statistics rarely add to the sense of drama that lurks beneath the headlines. The Taliban's new stash of American weapons could be an...

In a letter to President Biden on Monday, House Democrats urged him to restart negotiations on the climate goals included in the stalled Build...

There is no denying it: global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather. This means hotter heat waves, drier droughts, bigger...

Republicans, not Democrats, are seeing greater erosion of Latino voter support, owing in part to the overturning of the landmark ruling that legalized abortion,...

The rise of organized retail crime is a national issue that threatens to overburden local law enforcement. While the American public reads about smash-and-grab...