Later school start times eyed to address youth mental health crisis
Image Source/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — California was the first state to mandate that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Pediatrician Dr. Bert Mandelbaum hopes New Jersey will be the second.
New Jersey is one of several states exploring late…
NY Yankees swap relief pitcher Joely Rodriguez for NY Mets reliever Miguel Castro in trade
On Sunday, New York’s baseball teams have traded their relief pitchers, with the Mets sending right-hander Miguel Castro to the Yankees for left-hander Joely Rodriguez on Sunday. The 30-year-old Rodriguez was traded from Texas to the Yankees
Egg prices spike amid worst US avian flu outbreak in seven years
Lena Ganssmann Photography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As consumers continue to feel the crunch at the grocery store checkout, eggs are the latest product predicted to surge in price.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant H…
In Brief: Toil and trouble — COVID cancels ‘Macbeth’ shows on Broadway, and more
Broadway performances of Macbeth, which stars Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, have been cancelled through April 7 after a “limited number” of positive COVID-19 results were detected among the company. “We deeply apologize for the inconvenience this causes…
Baby with rare condition gets heart transplant after waiting 218 days
Collin Baker(CHICAGO) — A baby girl who has been living in a Chicago hospital with her parents for the last six months while waiting for a new heart finally received one last week.
Elodie Carmen Baker received a heart transplant at The Heart Center a…
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam won’t seek second term
VINCENT YU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong’s divisive leader, Carrie Lam, announced on Monday that she will not run for a second five-year term, ending her 42-year political career.
Lam presided over the city during its most politica…
South Carolina wins women’s NCAA basketball championship
Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) — South Carolina beat longtime dominant UCONN in the women’s national college basketball title game Sunday night. The Gamecocks defeated the Huskies 64-49, winning the team’s second natio…
Secret Service paying over $30K per month for Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden
Handout/DNCC via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Hunter Biden is apparently spending his father’s presidency living in luxury in Malibu — and so is his taxpayer-funded security detail.
The Secret Service detail protecting the president’s controversial so…
How to reverse the teacher crisis exacerbated by the pandemic: Experts
Anibal Martel/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Some American public school districts are facing teacher shortages so severe that educators in Minneapolis and Sacramento, California, went on strike recently, demanding officials address the c…
Scoreboard roundup — 4/3/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Boston 144, Washington 102
Dallas 118, Milwaukee 112
Denver 129, LA Lakers 118
Detroit 121, Indiana 117
New York 118, Orlando 88
Philadelphia 112, Cle…