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NEW ORLEANS—Before the 2020-21 school year, Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools, had never considered leaving the profession she loved this early. But then came a dispiriting spring trying to stay connected to her students while COVID-19’s

Hopes of eliminating COVID-19 in the U.S. through vaccine-generated herd immunity are now dashed. Instead, with the rapid spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant, we need to focus on 2022 as the year that in the U.S. will usher

Newborn babies at the Cherese Mari Laulhere BirthCare Center in Long Beach, California, on December 23. | Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images The pandemic has only accelerated a decline in US birth rates, even as immigration has

January 6 committee news – latest: Trump cancels anniversary speech as Sean Hannity’s texts revealed  The Independent Trump cancels Florida press conference scheduled for Jan. 6  WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast Trump cancels Jan. 6 event amid GOP

Ecuador on Tuesday warned would-be wild animal eaters of possible prison time and Colombia launched an investigation after a competitive cooking TV show featured shark, alligator and capybara as ingredients. In the offending episode, contestants of MasterChef Ecuador cooked up

Canada announced a $31.5 billion agreement on Tuesday to reform its discriminatory child welfare system and compensate Indigenous families who suffered because of it, in what an official called the country’s largest settlement. The agreements-in-principle include $20 billion Canadian dollars

The global impact of the Jan. 6 insurrection is still growing one year after the attack. Most Americans don’t realize the shock felt by our foreign friends, and the glee of our adversaries, at watching mobs of MAGA vandals storm

UTJ lawmaker says appointment of respected rabbinic judge is ‘like putting an idol in the Temple’; religious affairs minister pushes back, saying he won’t be bullied

January 6 committee news – latest: Trump cancels anniversary speech as Sean Hannity’s texts revealed  The Independent Trump cancels Florida press conference scheduled for Jan. 6  WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast Trump cancels Jan. 6 event amid GOP

There was plenty of outrage from motorists, some of whom were stranded overnight Monday into Tuesday, posting pleas for help on social media. (Image credit: AP)