Sean Salai

Study finds young adult depression surge outlasted COVID lockdowns

Worsening finances and social isolation during COVID-19 lockdowns contributed to a post-pandemic surge in clinical depression symptoms among young adults, a study has found.

May 5, 2025

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs sweeping school voucher law

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the nation's largest school voucher program into law, authorizing education savings accounts for parents to spend tax dollars on alternatives to public schooling.

May 5, 2025

Brown accuses student who sent DOGE-inspired email of trademark violation

Brown University has accused a student journalist of trademark violations for sending a Department of Government Efficiency-inspired email asking administrators to explain what they do all day.

May 2, 2025

Fewer Americans worried about inflation, per Gallup polling

Inflation remains the top financial concern of Americans in Gallup's latest polling, but sharply fewer cite it than a year ago.

May 1, 2025

Trump, Newsom push AI training for students and workers

President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are moving to require generative artificial intelligence training for students and workers in a rare display of bipartisan support.

April 30, 2025

Largest U.S. teachers union finds educators’ salaries lagging behind inflation

The average public school teacher salary rose by 3.8% to $72,030 last year, but wages continued a years-long trend of lagging behind inflation, the nation's largest teachers' union reported Tuesday.

April 29, 2025

JAMA study finds 15% of children spend 9 hours a day on smart devices

A recent study found that 15% of children and teenagers spend at least 9 hours per day using smart devices for nonacademic purposes, putting them at risk of behavioral addiction problems requiring professional intervention.

April 28, 2025

Study disputes reports of OB-GYNs fleeing abortion-restricting states

A recent study finds the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has not driven obstetricians and gynecologists out of abortion-restricting states, despite surveys and media reports suggesting an exodus.

April 25, 2025

Most Advanced Placement exams to go digital next month

Most Advanced Placement exams will go digital next month as 28 out of 36 subjects no longer require paper and pencil, the College Board said Thursday.

April 24, 2025

Trump cuts help cause D.C. to lose top AAA credit rating, says city’s CFO

Moody's has revoked the District of Columbia's Aaa credit rating due to the Trump administration's shrinkage of the government workforce and the city's shaky real estate outlook, D.C.'s chief financial officer said Thursday.

April 24, 2025

Brown files charges against student who sent DOGE-inspired email

Brown University has filed disciplinary charges against a student journalist who sent a Department of Government Efficiency-inspired email asking administrators to explain what they do all day.

April 23, 2025

North Dakota becomes 47th state to approve public charter schools

North Dakota this week became the 47th state to authorize public charter schools, building on a model that advocates say improves academic achievement while spending less money.

April 23, 2025

D.C. area’s air pollution earns an F from American Lung Association

Canadian wildfire smoke helped earn the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington area an F grade for daily particle pollution in an annual report card from the American Lung Association.

April 23, 2025

Marijuana legalization stalls amid Trump’s hesitation, state concerns

Efforts to legalize marijuana nationwide have stalled while the Trump administration and states ponder lagging tax revenues and health risks.

April 22, 2025

Public schools gut budgets to cope with Trump axing pandemic grants

Public schools are gutting billions of dollars from staffing, program and supply budgets heading into summer vacation as they cope with the Trump administration's decision to end access to pandemic relief grants.

April 18, 2025

Trump anti-DEI policies could block Latino and women’s history museums from National Mall

The administration's anti-DEI policies threaten to upend a bipartisan push to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to build museums dedicated to women and Hispanics on the National Mall that President Trump approved during his first term.

April 17, 2025

Teen girls lead 60% surge in depression rates, CDC report finds

Teenage girls led a 60% jump in the number of Americans reporting clinical depression symptoms from 2013 to 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.

April 16, 2025

Smithsonian workers returning to the office starting Easter Monday

All Smithsonian Institution employees will return to the office five days a week starting the day after Easter.

April 14, 2025

University study links Type 2 diabetes to Alzheimer’s symptoms

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas have discovered evidence that Type 2 diabetes "rewires" the brain in ways similar to early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

April 14, 2025

U.S. Postal Service proposes to hike first-class stamps to 78 cents in July

The U.S. Postal Service has proposed raising the price of a first-class stamp from 73 to 78 cents on July 13, resuming hikes that the agency says offset inflation.

April 11, 2025