Sean Salai

From cap and gown to corporate frown: New grads struggle to impress

The poor workplace skills of recent college graduates have made companies think twice about hiring them, new research shows.

September 13, 2024

Grand Canyon University, nation’s largest Christian college, balks at $37 million fine by feds

Grand Canyon University, the nation's largest Christian college, has refused to pay a record $37.7 million fine as it resists multiple federal investigations from the Biden-Harris administration.

September 11, 2024

Online learning flourishes as residential colleges face rising costs

College degrees cost more than ever, but education insiders note that online programs could erase the need for students to rack up six figures of loan debt for tuition and room and board on campuses.

September 11, 2024

‘Reagan’ sees stellar ‘Rotten Tomatoes’ score, strong box office yield despite brutal movie reviews

The new biopic "Reagan" is doing well at the box office and has achieved an A audience rating from CinemaScore, but most film critics have mocked it as hagiography.

September 9, 2024

Anti-Israel protests spark surge in campus censorship, says free speech group

Campus protests against Israel's military actions in Gaza have fueled record censorship attempts at the nation's elite private universities as the fall semester begins, according to a report by a free speech advocacy group.

September 5, 2024

‘A Soldier’s Journey’: WWI memorial completed with 25-ton sculpture honoring the American doughboy

No American doughboys remain alive to recall wading through the trenches of the Great War more than a century ago, so a new sculpture in the nation's capital seeks to speak for them.

September 5, 2024

Sequel for ‘God’s Not Dead’ works to get out the vote

The creators of the 2014 blockbuster "God's Not Dead" say their movie got evangelicals back to church. Ten years later, they hope an upcoming sequel gets them to the polls in November.

September 1, 2024

D.C. Methodist church to rededicate J. Edgar Hoover window as sign of ‘racial oppression’

A stained-glass window dedicated to the Christian virtues of FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover will be rechristened as a reminder of "past and current racial oppression" during a Capitol Hill worship service.

August 29, 2024

Meta says ‘error’ took down conservative Facebook page

Facebook has flagged an "error" for taking down conservative social media posts for the second time this month.

August 27, 2024

Americans fall behind as rapid pace of inflation exceeds real wages hike

Most Americans last year earned about the same wages as they did in 2019 after adjusting for inflation, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

August 27, 2024

Dennis Quaid scoffs at censoring Reagan videos to prevent election influence

Actor Dennis Quaid, who portrays Ronald Reagan in an upcoming biopic, says Facebook keeps removing videos of him as the Republican icon because they might help Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

August 22, 2024

Hooky higher in public schools that went virtual during COVID

Chronic absenteeism was "substantially higher" in public school districts that went online during the COVID-19 pandemic than in those that maintained in-person instruction, a study has found.

August 21, 2024

Inflation, Ozempic predicted to jack up health care costs

Surging prices for hospital services, mental health treatment and prescription drugs will jack up the costs of medical insurance, according to a top accounting firm that says rates are ballooning at the fastest rate since the dawn of Obamacare.

August 20, 2024

Adults souring on marijuana as legalization grows, Gallup poll finds

Adults are turning against marijuana as the drug becomes more legal nationwide, a Gallup poll showed Tuesday.

August 20, 2024

NEA reaches tentative settlement with striking staffers on 39th day of lockout

The National Education Association has agreed to a conditional contract with unionized staffers after locking them out without pay for over a month.

August 16, 2024

Praise of Kamala Harris, Tim Walz written by nonunion staff during teachers strike

Staffers at the National Education Association have accused the nation's largest teachers union of using strikebreakers to lock them out without pay while backing the Democratic presidential ticket.

August 14, 2024

Underage drinking wanes as teens embrace more isolated addictions

Recent surveys show underage drinking subsiding as experts note teenagers are enjoying more solitary addictions to marijuana and digital screens.

August 13, 2024

Study links increased toddler screen time to angry bedtime outbursts

Toddlers who watch videos on digital tablets are more likely to pitch a fit at bedtime as their screen time increases, a study has found.

August 12, 2024

Debby brings blackouts, flooding to D.C. metro area

The aftereffects of Tropical Storm Debby swept the Washington region Friday, leaving power outages and flash floods in her wake.

August 9, 2024

COVID-19 fell out of top 5 mortality causes last year for first time

COVID-19 fell out of the top five causes of death in the U.S. last year for the first time since breaking out, according to a provisional estimate released Thursday.

August 8, 2024