NEW YORK CITY, New York: Millions of Americans are beginning 2026 facing sharply higher health insurance bills after enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expired, locking in premium increases…
Read more Health coverage at risk as expanded ACA subsidies lapse nationwideWhen schools shut down in 2020, the disruption was universal, but its effects were anything but equal. The grade a child was in when classrooms closed has become…
Read more Kids Who Missed These School Years During COVID Might Struggle More — Here’s WhyBOSTON — A state appeals court has sided with a medical worker and voodoo worshipper who was fired by University of Massachusetts Medical Health Care after her request…
Read more Court sides with voodoo worshiper over religious exemptionBOSTON — A state appeals court has sided with a medical worker and voodoo worshipper who was fired by University of Massachusetts Medical Health Care after her request…
Read more Court sides with voodoo worshiper over religious exemptionThe Trump administration’s cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of…
Read more Blue States That Sued Kept Most CDC Grants, While Red States Feel Brunt of Trump ClawbacksWASHINGTON — With two conservatives in dissent, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down a property-rights claim from Los Angeles landlords who say they lost millions from unpaid rent during…
Read more Supreme Court turns down claim from L.A. landlords over COVID evictions banLooking back at the 2020 presidential election – CBS News Watch CBS News Americans went to the polls under very different circumstances in 2020. CBS News chief Washington…
Read more Looking back at the 2020 presidential electionWASHINGTON — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8 million…
Read more US job openings rise to 8 million as labor market remains sturdyChris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and…
Read more Not-so-great expectations: Students are reading fewer books in English classNEW YORK (AP) — The company behind Tupperware, the plastic kitchenware that revolutionized food storage after World War II and became inextricably linked to the parties where women…
Read more Tupperware lifts the lid on its financial problems with bankruptcy filingNEW YORK — Tupperware Brands, the company that revolutionized food storage decades ago, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Orlando, Florida-based Tupperware plans to continue operating during…
Read more Iconic Tupperware Brands seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcyPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A union leader freed from prison Monday after serving time for her part in a strike against Cambodia’s biggest casino has vowed to continue…
Read more A union leader freed from prison vows to continue a strike against Cambodia’s’s biggest casinoBELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Lanette Canen and Johan Bodin gave up life on land to become seaborne nomads on a years-long cruise. Months later, the couple has…
Read more Passengers bought berths on a 3-year cruise. Months on, the ship is still stuck in BelfastBELFAST, Northern Ireland — Lanette Canen and Johan Bodin gave up life on land to become seaborne nomads on a years-long cruise. Months later, the couple has yet…
Read more Passengers bought berths on a 3-year cruise. Months on, the ship is still stuck in BelfastOpera Philadelphia is lowering all tickets to $11 under new general director Anthony Roth Costanzo, establishing a “pick your price” model aimed at widening the company’s audience. Costanzo…
Read more Opera Philadelphia cuts all tickets to $11 in ‘pick your price’ model, hoping to widen audienceWASHINGTON — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant…
Read more Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemicSINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when…
Read more Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism’ in the summer of 2024Ahead of Taylor Swift’s July 14, 2023, concert in Denver, Aditi Desai, chief marketing officer at the Food Bank of the Rockies, got an unusual call. The billionaire…
Read more Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?Ahead of Taylor Swift’s July 14, 2023, concert in Denver, Aditi Desai, chief marketing officer at the Food Bank of the Rockies, got an unusual call. The billionaire…
Read more Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — With its reindeer sleigh rides, camel racing and stunning landscapes with room to roam, Mongolia is hoping to woo visitors who are truly looking…
Read more Mongolia is in the tourism spotlight and making it easier to visit. Reindeer sledding, anyone?
