PHOENIX — Special LP releases, live performances and at least one giant block party are scheduled around the U.S. Saturday as hundreds of shops celebrate Record Store Day during a […]
California is rolling out free preschool. That hasn’t solved child care challenges
CONCORD, Calif. — A year before I-Ting Quinn’s son was old enough for kindergarten, she and her husband had the option to enroll him in “transitional kindergarten,” a program offered […]
The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?
ARLINGTON, Wash. — When Washington state opened some of the nation’s first legal marijuana stores in 2014, Sam Ward Jr. was on electronic home detention in Spokane, where he had […]
Lawsuits under New York’s new voting rights law reveal racial disenfranchisement even in blue states
FREEPORT, N.Y. — Weihua Yan had seen dramatic demographic changes since moving to Long Island’s Nassau County. Its Asian American population alone had grown by 60% since the 2010 census. […]
Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline
WASHINGTON — After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the […]
Soar, slide, splash? It’s skiers’ choice as spring’s wacky pond skimming tradition returns
GILFORD, N.H. — A costumed skier races down a slope, hits a pond and hydroplanes halfway across. He pirouettes and then plunges into the icy water before jumping up and […]
Sudan’s horrific war is being fueled by weapons from foreign supporters of rival generals, UN says
UNITED NATIONS — The year-old war in Sudan between rival generals vying for power has sparked “a crisis of epic proportions” fueled by weapons from foreign supporters who continue to […]
US says a UN agency has agreed to help in distribution of aid to Gaza via sea route
WASHINGTON — The U.N. World Food Program has agreed to help deliver aid for the starving civilians of Gaza once the U.S. military completes a pier for transporting the humanitarian […]
USC cancels graduation keynote by filmmaker amid controversy over decision to drop student’s speech
LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California further shook up its commencement plans Friday, announcing the cancelation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after […]
The bitcoin ‘halving’ is here. It limits the supply of new coins and is the fourth such event for the cryptocurrency
The bitcoin ‘halving’ is here. It limits the supply of new coins and is the fourth such event for the cryptocurrency Source link