A special education teacher in North Alabama has stepped down from her job. Brandy Taylor worked at Hampton Cove Middle School since 2020. She decided to resign after news about her 2017 arrest spread online. Taylor was accused of hurting a child. She allegedly hit, punched, and bit the child. She
Karl Bushby, a former British paratrooper, is nearing the end of an extraordinary journey. He has been walking around the world for 27 years. This journey, known as the Goliath Expedition, started in 1998 in Chile. Bushby is now in Hungary, facing a world that has changed drastically since he began.
Australia is about to make history with a bold move: a nationwide ban on social media for kids under 16. But not everyone is happy about it. Two brave teenagers, Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, are taking the government to court. They're fighting for their right to stay connected. The ban is set to ki
Senator Jim Justice, a Republican from West Virginia, has found himself in a financial pickle. He's agreed to pay back nearly $5. 2 million in overdue personal taxes. This isn't his first rodeo with money troubles. The senator, who was once worth billions, has seen his fortune shrink dramatically ov
The U. S. is pushing a new peace plan for Ukraine, but Russia is likely to reject it. The plan is more friendly to Ukraine than the previous one. Russia's President Putin has said that the earlier U. S. plan, which Ukraine thought was too pro-Russian, should be the basis for talks. He is unlikely to
Muriel Bowser, the current mayor of Washington, D. C. , has decided not to run for another term. She has been in office since 2015, and her third term will end in January 2027. Bowser made this announcement in a video posted on social media, expressing gratitude for her time in office and the suppor
Crypto holders are getting better deals on loans than people taking out mortgages or car loans. This is because of something called DeFi, or decentralized finance. DeFi lets people use their crypto as collateral to get loans, and the interest rates are lower than what you'd get from a bank. DeFi ha
Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and astronaut, is under investigation by the Pentagon for alleged misconduct. This investigation stems from a video where Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers urged service members to refuse illegal orders. The Pentagon cited the Uniform Code of Milita
Scientists have cooked up a clever way to turn CO2 into useful stuff without needing fancy equipment or lots of energy. They made a special material called a covalent organic framework (COF) that acts like a tiny, super-strong net. This net traps tiny bits of palladium, a special metal, to create a
In Italy, a significant discussion has been sparked by recent crime statistics. Foreign nationals, who make up only 9% of the population, are involved in nearly half of all sexual violence arrests. This raises questions about the effectiveness of current policies and the integration of migrants. Th
