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Faculty at a Massachusetts high school have canceled “USA Day” from its spirit week activities this year because they wanted to “avoid politics,” local outlets reported this week. In a letter to the school community, Wellesley High School principal Jamie Chisum explained that school staff canceled the patriotic-themed day to …

Shoplifting has had an “outsized impact” on discussions about crime that has been exploited by justice reform opponents, one professor argued on Friday. Brooklyn College sociology professor Alex Vitale was one of multiple professors and researchers who discussed with CNN growing concerns over the rise in retail theft as more …

Actress Julianna Margulies called out a “silence on antisemitism” in an op-ed for USA Today on Wednesday and directly addressed her “non-Jewish friends” who haven’t reached out after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. “The events in Israel have shone a light on something I never realized: You, my loving, non-Jewish …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mac and cheese, a variety of potato preparations and “trash can turkey” are some of the must-have Thanksgiving dishes this year, Americans in the nation’s capital told Fox News. “Two things: rutabagas, number one,” Mark said. “Number two, trash can turkey.” Cooking a trash can turkey involves …

The University of Southern California recently moved a Jewish economic professor to remote work after he called Hamas terrorists “murderers” who “should be killed” in front of a group of pro-Palestinian students on campus. Professor John Strauss was shifted to teach the rest of his classes for the semester remotely …

A federal appeals court is hearing a case challenging a Texas state law that would require booksellers to rate every book in the state’s school libraries based on its sexual content. The “Reader Act,” which was signed into law on June 12 and is currently blocked while the case is …

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called out President Biden’s “open border” policies, saying they pose an “existential threat” to the U.S. Therefore, he said, Texas takes on the responsibility of handling the border with measures like the buoys along the Rio Grande. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ‘NO CLEAR WINS’ ON BORDER …

School staff at Oregon-based Portland Public Schools (PPS) will now be required to consider a disruptive student’s race, gender identity and sexual orientation before disciplining them. A new collective bargaining agreement between Portland Public Schools and its teachers includes a change in policy regarding disciplinary actions. Furthermore, “continuous disruptive behavior” …

Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., and fellow Pennsylvania Republican representatives Dan Meuser, Mike Kelly, John Joyce, M.D., Lloyd Smucker, and Brian Fitzpatrick signed a scathing open letter Thursday calling on University of Pennsylvania’s board to relieve President Elizabeth Magill of her duties. Magill was one of multiple university …

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., set off a “Bud Light moment,” in the words of a Republican former governor of Indiana, after her questioning of three elite college presidents went viral and caused a media firestorm online. “More than achieving vindication, Stefanik opened a new front in the culture wars — …