Sean Salai

Family advocates see no shame in parents spanking kids

Some conservative and Christian family advocates say millennials shouldn't feel guilty about spanking their kids this holiday season -- as long as it's a gentle swat on the bottom and not actual physical abuse.

December 29, 2021

Muslim woman sues gun range for denying her service over hijab

A Muslim woman has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against a Missouri gun range, alleging that the range denied her and her husband service when she refused to remove her hijab.

December 29, 2021

Strict gun laws aren’t helping during a national crime wave, most voters say

A new poll finds that more than eight of 10 U.S. voters believe strict gun control laws in major cities either make no difference in the current retail crime surge or make it worse.

December 28, 2021

Pandemic draws high school grads to skip college, fill worker shortage

High school graduates increasingly are opting to fill worker vacancies as an alternative to college amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a school-to-career vocational training program.

December 28, 2021

Advocacy group names Ben & Jerry’s executive ‘Antisemite of Year’

A Jewish watchdog group has selected the chair of Ben & Jerry's board of directors as its "Antisemite of the Year" for withdrawing the company's ice cream from Israeli settlements.

December 27, 2021

Brooklyn Museum adds slavery disclaimer to George Washington portrait

The Brooklyn Museum has added a new feature to its 1776 oil-on-canvas painting of Continental Army Gen. George Washington -- a description card that notes his ownership of slaves despite defending the self-evident truth that all men are created equal.

December 27, 2021

Disney, MLB lead watchdog’s ‘worst of the woke’ list for 2021

Major League Baseball and the Walt Disney Co. top a watchdog's list of the "worst of the woke" enterprises that displayed intolerance in the name of tolerance this year.

December 27, 2021

In ‘Journal for Jordan,’ a dead soldier speaks to his son

Army 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King never came home from Iraq -- but the 200-page journal of fatherly advice he wrote for his infant son Jordan did.

December 22, 2021

Demand for Christmas trees stays evergreen in supply crisis

Americans are pining for Christmas trees -- and this year's supply chain crisis isn't making them settle for a sad Charlie Brown fir or a pink aluminum "Evergleam."

December 22, 2021

Scientists to interrogate COVID lockdown policies at new D.C. academy

Hillsdale College is opening an Academy for Science and Freedom in Washington, D.C., with three scientists who will push back against the media's use of science to silence questions about COVID-19 lockdown policies.

December 21, 2021

Toy industry rips annual ‘deaths and injuries’ report over inclusion of scooters

The federal government says scooters are the most dangerous toys this holiday season, but the toy industry says not all scooters are created equal.

December 21, 2021

Teacher fired after call for ‘shooting’ anti-vaxxers

A Pennsylvania teacher lost her job after suggesting on Facebook that Americans who refuse COVID-19 vaccinations for religious reasons should be shot.

December 20, 2021

GOP, Democrats alike distrust mainstream media, poll finds

Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much, but a new poll found that most voters from both parties agree that the mainstream news media promotes a political agenda rather than reporting the facts.

December 17, 2021

GOP state lawmakers introduce 12 new bills to ban critical race theory

Republican state legislators have introduced 12 bills to ban critical race theory in K-12 schools since Nov. 8, bringing the total number to 66 in 26 states, according to a free speech advocacy group that tracks them.

December 17, 2021

Nearly 70% of voters oppose new COVID-19 mandates for omicron, poll finds

A new poll released this week finds that just over 69% of U.S. likely voters say no new mandates or restrictions are required for the omicron variant of COVID-19 -- and that includes a majority of Republicans, Democrats and independents.

December 17, 2021

D.C. Public Schools to remove name of its slaveholding founder from Capitol Hill school

D.C. Public Schools is preparing to cancel its founder and the city's first mayor as it moves to rename an elementary school on Capitol Hill.

December 16, 2021

67% of vaccinated Americans favor COVID tax for the unvaccinated, poll finds

A recent survey finds that 67% of vaccinated Americans believe the unvaccinated should pay a "COVID tax" to cover businesses' pandemic safety expenses, but most business owners and the unvaccinated themselves don't believe in such fees.

December 15, 2021

Ho, ho, how much?: Toy prices rise by 18% just in time for Christmas

Parents doing last-minute Christmas shopping might want to reconsider a lump of coal as a stocking stuffer: Toy prices climbed 18% between November 2019 and last month, industry sources point out.

December 14, 2021

Arizona school district lets trans students pick new names on IDs

The Scottsdale Unified School District in Arizona has decided to let transgender students replace the legal first names on their student IDs with new first names corresponding to their chosen gender identities, according to a viral video from May that leaked onto social media this month.

December 13, 2021

Survey: Pare down party faux pas with proper planning, politeness

Hosting a holiday party? Plan to spend time cleaning up alone because many guests don't pitch in to help, a new survey suggests.

December 13, 2021