Columbia Public Schools has tapped Douglass High School Principal Eryca Neville to lead a new role focused on students who need learning options outside traditional classrooms. Neville steps into the executive director of alternative education position after nearly a decade as Douglass High’s top ad
Battery sizes in phones keep getting bigger, but Vivo just jumped way ahead. A tipster shared on Weibo in early 2026 that the company is testing a phone packing a 10, 000mAh battery—the biggest yet in a smartphone that still fits in your pocket. Most phones max out around 5, 000mAh, so this is a hug
Cyrano de Bergerac, a French writer of the 1600s, imagined rockets long before scientists or filmmakers did. In his 1657 story about a journey to the Moon, he described a machine that could lift a person into space by attaching fireworks to it. Although the idea was fanciful, he also tried to explai
"The Shield was a shocker when it first aired in 2002. It made viewers see police as possible villains, not just heroes. This was a big risk because most people still admired real cops after 9/11. The show’s lead, Vic Mackey, was a cop who did terrible things. His crew, the Strike Team,
The Kimmel Center in Center City hosted a lively gathering that pulled together former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Joe Biden for a special History Channel event. The evening kicked off with an intimate chat between Bush and his daughter Jenna Bush Hager, setting a relaxed tone for th
A tragic event unfolded early Friday morning in Dallas when a car collided with a group of people standing in a parking lot, leading to one fatality and three injuries. The incident took place around 4:20 a. m. on the 3300 block of East Trinity Mills Road, shortly after police responded to an emerge
The number of young adults dying from colon cancer is climbing, but the trend hits those without a college education harder than those with degrees. A new study in JAMA Oncology examined over 101, 000 deaths of people aged 25 to 49 between 1994 and 2023. Overall, deaths went from about three p
Kansas quietly guards some of the nation’s most meaningful places, where grasslands roar, forts stand frozen in time, and a single courtroom changed the course of schooling forever. Five spots across the state fall under the National Park Service, each with a different heartbeat. Four lean into huma
Most people pick ketchup without questioning why. Marketing played a huge role in making Heinz the default choice for many Americans. But condiments were never meant to be a one-sided fight. If you"ve ever wondered why mustard might actually be the better pick, you"re not alone. Mustard comes in mo
Fans of the gritty crime drama got a shock when news broke that \"Law & Order: Organized Crime\" would not return after five seasons. The show, which started on NBC before moving to Peacock, followed Detective Elliot Stabler as he battled organized crime in New York. Christopher Meloni, the actor be
