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Sean Salai

Sean Salai is the general assignment/culture reporter for The Washington Times. A former National desk intern and Metro clerk at The Washington Times, he also has served as a City Hall reporter at the Boca Raton News and as a special contributor at America Media. He can be reached at ssalai@washingtontimes.com.

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Survey finds inflation is killing charitable donations

Rising living costs are hurting charitable donations as Americans find their pockets emptier after three years of persistently high inflation, according to a new poll.

July 28, 2023

Study finds more women dying from alcohol consumption in recent years

Women started dying from alcohol consumption at a "significantly higher rate" in the U.S. in the three years heading into COVID-19, a study found.

July 28, 2023

Public schools fast-track teacher credentials to fill vacancies

It's getting easier to become licensed as a public school teacher, as officials cut red tape to resolve a worsening national staffing crisis.

July 27, 2023

Parents stretch budgets to cover back-to-school inflation

Florida mom Catherine Russo says "intense" is the only word to describe rising back-to-school prices as her son prepares to start first grade in a Palm Beach County public school.

July 27, 2023

Mental health treatment revenue jumped almost 50% in U.S. from 2015 to 2021

Opioid addictions and the COVID-19 pandemic jacked up the collective revenue of U.S. mental health providers from $68 billion in 2015 to $103 billion in 2021, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday.

July 26, 2023

CDC says infant homicides, fetal deaths were stable during COVID

Fetal deaths and infant homicides were stable during the early COVID-19 pandemic as live births increased nationwide, a pair of government reports has found.

July 26, 2023

Gallup: Republican confidence in big business falls to record low

Confidence in big business among Republicans has fallen to a record low during the Biden administration, a new Gallup survey has found.

July 26, 2023

Surge in young buyers boosted homeownership rate during COVID, Census Bureau finds

A wave of younger buyers drove the U.S. homeownership rate up during COVID-19, with numbers rising even higher last year than before the pandemic, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.

July 25, 2023

Democratic governors meet to expand abortion access

Twenty-one of the nation's 24 Democratic governors met in a consortium Monday to devise ways to expand abortion access in their states and help women from red states terminate pregnancies.

July 25, 2023

State fentanyl crackdowns called racist, ineffective

More states are tightening criminal penalties for fentanyl to combat the opioid crisis, sparking pushback from some activists and health officials who call the measures racist and ineffective.

July 25, 2023

Study finds socially isolated seniors more likely to move into nursing homes

Older adults who are socially isolated are much more likely to end up in a nursing home, a study has found.

July 24, 2023

New ‘gay water’ looks to avoid Bud Light disaster

A new canned cocktail called Gay Water is looking to attract LGBTQ drinkers and avoid the pitfalls of Bud Light's disastrous marketing partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

July 21, 2023

Over 10% of young adults vape, CDC finds

More than 1 in 10 young adults use electronic cigarettes to inhale tobacco in the process called vaping, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

July 21, 2023

Reports find rise in back-to-school prices, spending

Parents will pay more than ever for back-to-school supplies such as notebooks, pencils and graphing paper as spending jumps to record highs this summer, recent reports show.

July 20, 2023

Most adults expect routine space tourism by 2073, support exploration, says poll

Most adults think the U.S. should fight to maintain leadership in the global space race and expect people will routinely leave orbit as tourists by 2073, a poll has found.

July 20, 2023

Most Chinese Americans give thumbs down to the Communist nation

Most Chinese Americans hold an unfavorable view of their ancestral homeland, according to a new study, making them the Asian immigrant group most negative about their country of origin.

July 19, 2023

Study links mass shootings in largest U.S. cities to systemic racism against Black residents

Cities with higher numbers of Black residents and more segregated neighborhoods are more likely to have mass shootings due to the effects of structural racism, a study has found.

July 19, 2023

Rising costs, consumer disinterest have broken U.S. bottle-recycling industry

Inflation has driven hundreds of private bottle redemption centers out of business, putting pressure on states to bail out the businesses, despite signs consumers are increasingly disinterested in hauling their recyclables to the facilities.

July 19, 2023

CDC finds opioids mixed with cocaine, meth driving more overdose deaths

Deadly multidrug cocktails of opioids mixed with cocaine or psychostimulants such as crystal meth have driven more overdose deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.

July 19, 2023