Archives for January 2023

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon says she and her husband are recovering at home after being hit by a car in Portland on Friday evening. … [Read more...] about Rep. Bonamici recovering after being hit by car in Oregon

The Hamline University Board of Trustees announced it will review the school's response to an allegation of Islamophobia that has placed the small Minnesota institution at the heart of a national debate over academic freedom. … [Read more...] about Hamline board jumps in to review fracas over academic freedom, Islamophobia

America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn't fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday. … [Read more...] about On King’s holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words

Parents in Newport News, Virginia, are pressing school officials about how the 6-year-old boy who is accused of shooting a teacher inside a classroom earlier this month was able to get the gun in the school after his backpack had been searched that same day. … [Read more...] about Parents want to know how boy who shot Virginia teacher still had gun after backpack search

The pharmaceutical industry lobbied Twitter to censor posts critical of the COVID-19 vaccine, the latest batch of Elon Musk's "Twitter Files" shows. … [Read more...] about Twitter Files: Big Pharma pressured platform to censor COVID-19 vaccine debate