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Feb 11 2025CELEBRITIES

Pete Davidson Teams Up With Reformation for Fancy New Clothes

In a surprising move, sustainable clothing brand Reformation has teamed up with one of Hollywood's most famous guys, Pete Davidson. This is not a romantic relationship, but a partnership to create some fancy new clothes. Sponsored sweatshirts with a very fancy name and boxer briefs with a n

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Feb 11 2025POLITICS

Prisons cost more, but are they making us safer?

New York's prisons are full of aging inmates, and the costs are rising. This is not making the public any safer, according to the state’s top judge. Many people think that locking up criminals for a long time will make society safer. But the numbers tell a different story. When more people are

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Closures and Suspensions: The workforce units shut down unexpectedly.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been abruptly shut down. The directive was sent from Vought. It said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must cease nearly all of its work. It was created all the way back in 2010 when overtures from Obama and a disenfranchised public sparked the

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Feb 08 2025CRIME

No More Free Passes: Career Thief Finally Faces Justice

In the heart of Manhattan, a notorious burglar, Al Booker, has left his mark since 2018, but until recently, he has dodged real jail time despite more than 40 arrests. Judges have repeatedly shown him leniency, releasing him after burglaries and even letting him go on supervised release, sometimes i

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Feb 08 2025EDUCATION

Education's Unexpected Shero

Education is a tough job. The U. S. Department of Education is a big name, some would say a controversial one. Imagine being in a job where the President himself wants to shut it down, but you're still the one doing the job. That's what happened with Linda McMahon. She was a wrestling star and busin

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Feb 06 2025POLITICS

Health U-Turns: Learning from Mexico and Colombia

Picture this: two nations, Colombia and Mexico, both making considerable changes to their healthcare systems. Mexico's leader, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, introduced a major change in 2019. This involved scrapping the progress made in 2003. He proposed a new, extensive health system plan f

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Feb 06 2025EDUCATION

Tennessee's New School Voucher Program: A Game Changer or a Step Backwards?

In a move that will change the education landscape, Tennessee's lawmakers have expanded the use of vouchers. This expansion happens because Tennessee's Governor Bill Lee has pushed for a larger school voucher program. He has the same views that many Republicans have. This group has shown

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Trumps Bumpy Third Start

Trump’s third week as the president was packed with lots of international drama, bureaucratic turmoil and controversy surrounding Elon Musks' role in the government. All action started with Trump’s tariff ban on goods coming from Mexico and Canada, but politicians and the public spoke up again

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Feb 04 2025SCIENCE

Back to the Basics: Jonas Salk, Distant Discovery and China's Polio Vaccine

Vaccines come from different places and times, even if not made in the USA. In the 1980s someone was brewing up a new vaccine in China. A vaccine to fight polio. It was called the Sabin strains-derived inactivated polio vaccine (sIPV). This vaccine is part of the polio research legacy, so it is

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

A New Era of Conservative Power: Project 2025

Project 2025 is a detailed plan. It is a collection of conservative ideas. Many of the ideas were written by people who worked in the Trump administration. This plan is meant to cause big changes in the government. It is meant to happen before the 2026 midterm elections. The plan is seen as a direct

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