A small but growing group of San Francisco-area tech families is abandoning traditional schools in favor of AI-assisted homeschooling, part of a national surge that has pushed homeschooling rates from 3% to more than 6% of American children.
Sydney Sweeney responded to online criticism of her nude Novig sports betting ad by posting ESPN Body Issue covers of athletes like Serena Williams and Megan Rapinoe, while defending the campaign as playful rather than exploitative.
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker defended his past remarks that he hates America, calling it his ‘God-given’ right, as the comments become an issue in Michigan’s Senate race where Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has tried to distance himself from Piker.
Music executive Scooter Braun publicly celebrated Sydney Sweeney’s 29th birthday with a video and lengthy tribute describing their year-long relationship as a “true partnership.”
The Giants have not confirmed whether wide receiver Malik Nabers will play in Sunday’s opener against Dallas, with a decision expected only a few hours before kickoff following his 2024 ACL tear.
A Penn State fraternity cocaine bust involving 14 men has drawn attention to what a Centre County official calls a growing shift toward stimulant use in rural Pennsylvania communities.
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Arlington County, Virginia will spend $50,000 in taxpayer funds to give households up to $2,000 each after a wage earner is detained or deported by ICE, a program critics say may run afoul of federal alien-harboring law.
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s 9/11 tribute drew backlash online, with critics tying his message to his public friendship with streamer Hasan Piker, who has said the U.S. “deserved 9/11.”
A new study of over 11,000 adults found that higher nighttime light exposure during sleep is linked to changes in heart structure and a greater risk of heart failure, atrial fibrillation, heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular death.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., says the lesson of 9/11 is that Congress must act on threats before they materialize, not after — and warns that thousands are still dying from attack-related illnesses 25 years later.
Vice President JD Vance drew cheers and a ‘USA!’ chant at the Republican National Convention in Dallas after telling a protester waving a Mexican flag to ‘get your a– over there,’ fueling fresh talk of a 2028 presidential run.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended Friday’s 9/11 remembrance at Ground Zero despite a 110,000-signature petition urging him to stay away, drawing rebukes from victims’ families over his ties to controversial figures and his appointment of a former Guantánamo defense lawyer.
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A video showing New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez smiling at Friday’s 9/11 Memorial ceremony sparked backlash, though a Giuliani security aide standing nearby says the clip was taken out of context.