Month: August 2020

The National Park Service pledged Wednesday to let community gardeners back into Brooklyn’s shuttered Floyd Bennett Field — and signaled the public could also return if there’s a deal to remove MTA … Read More

As the number of US drone strikes in Pakistan hits 400, research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism finds that fewer than 4% of the people killed have been identified … Read More

Carbon County is mostly rural. Coupled with its older population, and considering the current pandemic, social isolation worries Therese Picasso-Edwards. “[Seniors] just didn’t feel that they are in the county-wide … Read More

Chivon Gulley is getting ready for a very different first day of school. When the pandemic hit this spring, the Oklahoma City public high school science teacher focused on helping … Read More

New data suggests virtual charter schools are seeing a sharp uptick in interest and enrollment across the country. K12, the country’s largest operator of virtual schools, says enrollment has jumped … Read More

Parts of Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field will reopen Saturday after closing nearly seven weeks ago to store inactive MTA buses, the National Park Service announced Friday. The move comes as … Read More

The Montana Secretary of State’s Office expanded the ability of ballot groups to collect signatures during the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday with an order declaring that citizens may download petition … Read More

While presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden did not choose New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham as his running mate, he followed through on his promise to select a woman … Read More

Twenty months after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, some would say little has changed when it comes to guns in America. Others would say … Read More