At $7.25 per hour, Pennsylvania's minimum wage is one of the lowest in the country and the lowest among neighboring states.

They called me Mr. Riley.  No matter what it sounds like, this isn’t the beginning of a movie where the “cool,” “hip” English teacher breaks through to the kids by sitting backward in a chair and ...

Nearly 100 school officials in districts and charter schools across Colorado are urging lawmakers to vote against a bill that ...

Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson fatally shot his girlfriend and her three young children in a horrific murder spree in September ...

Researchers explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children's abilities in their reading and writing learning process. 5-year-olds were taught an artificial alphabet using different ...

Letter writers discuss DEI in Virginia Beach schools, eminent domain case of a funeral home and scientists leaving America.

Kevin Smith can finally re-release Dogma after an annoying struggle to get the rights back, and the story of how it all ...

I came of age in Newburyport when teens sarcastically called our hometown “Nothing-to-do-buryport.“ We were latchkey kids and learned our lessons the hard way, with nowhere to go, nothing to do, and ...

The chart-topping singer also talks becoming a spokesperson for Garnier Fructis and the creative way she's putting their ...

Medicaid cuts would threaten health care for 525,000 Californians in the Central Valley, including more than 225,000 children ...

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It's also demanding that the university send letters apologizing to cis women whose sports experiences have been harmed by trans athletes' participation.