Sean Salai

D.C. area gets ‘F’ for smog from American Lung Association

An annual report card from the American Lung Association gives the air in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington area an "F" grade for smog and says soot also worsened from 2018 to 2020.

April 21, 2022

Progressives demand CU Boulder close conservative center over ‘White supremacy culture’

Progressives are demanding that the University of Colorado-Boulder shut down a privately funded conservative center because it promotes a "White supremacy culture" by cultivating intellectuals connected to former President Donald Trump.

April 20, 2022

Survey: Nearly half of hospital nurses report increased workplace violence

Nearly half of registered nurses are reporting a surge in workplace violence as pandemic-driven staffing shortages worsen in hospitals throughout the country, according to a recent survey from a national nurses' union.

April 20, 2022

Conservatives fight ‘woke math’ textbooks in K-12 schools

Conservatives are increasingly fighting to remove "woke" public school textbooks that present mathematics as a tool of White supremacy.

April 20, 2022

Biden to scrap rule allowing hospitals, employers, staff to opt-out of abortions, trans services

The Biden administration plans to remove a Trump-era conscience clause that protected medical workers from participating in services like abortions and transgender sex-change treatments.

April 19, 2022

Former med school dean starts nonprofit to fight ‘woke healthcare’

A former Ivy League medical school dean pledged to fight "woke healthcare" in a Wall Street Journal editorial on Tuesday, launching a network for doctors and students who resist the fast-growing idea that American medical practices are systemically racist.

April 19, 2022

New study finds suicide, bullying, risky sex more likely among transgender teens

Transgender and gender-questioning teenagers are more likely than their peers to engage in risky sexual behavior, commit suicide and be the victims of bullying, according to new medical research.

April 19, 2022

Report: More universities holding segregated graduation events

Universities are increasingly offering graduation events focused on participants' identities and segregated by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and even income, according to a report by a conservative education publication.

April 18, 2022

Maryland governor, media get first tour of D.C. Mormon Temple in 48 years

The Washington D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened its doors to outsiders for the first time in 48 years on Monday, hosting Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and members of the media for a private tour of recently completed renovations.

April 18, 2022

Unemployment on a downward trend in Virginia, Maryland and D.C.

Unemployment rates dropped slightly again last month in the District, Maryland and Virginia, according to a Friday report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

April 15, 2022

Virginia governor’s ban on teaching ‘divisive concepts’ sparks battle over race-based U.S. history

Virginia's ban on teaching "inherently divisive concepts" about race in K-12 public schools is stirring debate about whether Black history can be taught and whether a newly unified history for all Americans will dominate classrooms.

April 15, 2022

CDC: Gonorrhea, syphilis rose during first year of pandemic

Cases of the sexually transmitted diseases gonorrhea and syphilis increased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of the infections coming from young people aged 15-24, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

April 15, 2022

Survey: Race is more central than nationality to Black American identity

Most Black Americans say race is more important to their identity and relationships than nationality, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

April 14, 2022

Fla. law sparks wave of bills: States move to protect parents’ control of childhood sexual education

Republican state legislatures across the country are following the lead of Florida and its Parental Rights in Education legislation, introducing their own versions of what LGBTQ activists and left-leaning critics have derided as "Don't Say Gay" laws.

April 13, 2022

Conservative moms announce protest at Disney World

A busload of conservative moms will protest Saturday at Walt Disney World in Orlando over the company's public stance against Florida's Parental Rights in Education law.

April 13, 2022

Abortion rights without Roe poised to splinter across states, jurisdictions, courts

Performing an abortion in Oklahoma will be a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday -- just three days after lawmakers in Maryland went the other direction, expanding not only who can perform abortions but requiring insurance to cover the procedure at no cost to the policyholder.

April 12, 2022

Conservative shareholders target ‘woke’ corporate boards

Conservative investors are becoming shareholder activists to battle what they call the "woke" gender and race policies of America's corporate boardrooms.

April 12, 2022

Texas school district moves to four-day week

A rural Texas school district is moving to a four-day workweek this fall to cope with an ongoing teacher shortage.

April 12, 2022

Medicare limits coverage of new Alzheimer’s treatment

Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will restrict Medicare coverage of a new Alzheimer's treatment to clinical trials, rejecting activists who had demanded full access for early-onset dementia patients.

April 11, 2022

Etsy sellers go on strike to protest transaction fee increase

Roughly 14,000 Etsy sellers began a weeklong strike on Monday to protest a 30% increase in transaction fees at the online marketplace that they say cuts into the profits of small business owners and content creators.

April 11, 2022