Can schools require COVID-19 vaccines for students now that Pfizer’s shot is authorized for kids 12 and up?
Kristine Bowman, Michigan State University With the first COVID-19 vaccine now authorized for adolescents, ages 12 and up, a big question looms: Will students be required to get the vaccine before returning to their classrooms in the fall? As a professor of education policy and law and a former attorney for school districts, I regularly […]
Tech companies want US visa holders be supported for work
US-based tech firms gathered support to shield a legislation that allows partners of H-1B visa holders to be employed in the country. Leading the coalition is the tech giant Google which already forwarded an amicus statement laying down the law’s importance to the Department of Homeland Security on Friday in connection to a current case […]
Bakery finds robbery suspect through printing suspect’s face on cookies
A bakery in Milwaukee city, Washington has thought of a ‘sweet’ way to run after the suspects who robbed their shops recently. They lost their cash and other baking equipment last April 19 when robbers stormed into their Canfora bakery. With the help of a CCTV camera installed outside their bakery, the owner secured a […]
Ralph Lauren sells Club Monaco to Regent
Club Monaco brand will be put on sale by the international leader in the design, marketing and lifestyle products distribution industry, Ralph Lauren Corporation, to the prominent private company Regent, LP. The negotiation between the two companies is anticipated to end by June this year, showing the sustained attention on Ralph Lauren’s Next Great Chapter […]
Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict
Ken Chitwood, Concordia College New York The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so far, has both historical and contemporary roots. In recent weeks, tension has flared over the eviction of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities blocking access to […]
Protests by Palestinian citizens in Israel signal growing sense of a common struggle
Maha Nassar, University of Arizona The world’s attention has turned again to deadly scenes of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the launching of rockets by the militant group Hamas into Israel. It follows two weeks of protests in East Jerusalem against attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah and […]
A dangerous fire season looms as the drought-stricken Western US heads for a water crisis
Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine, and John Abatzoglou, University of California, Merced Just about every indicator of drought is flashing red across the western U.S. after a dry winter and warm early spring. The snowpack is at less than half of normal in much of the region. Reservoirs are […]
Here’s how much your personal information is worth to cybercriminals – and what they do with it
Ravi Sen, Texas A&M University Data breaches have become common, and billions of records are stolen worldwide every year. Most of the media coverage of data breaches tends to focus on how the breach happened, how many records were stolen and the financial and legal impact of the incident for organizations and individuals affected by […]
Training Video Shows Young Footballer Brutally Knocked to the Ground, Prompting Backlash
Video footage captured the moment where youth footballers were running a drill just as a young boy was violently knocked to the ground by another player, prompting criticism of the coaches from social media. The recording was quickly shared through several social media platforms on Tuesday and Wednesday, inciting talks about inappropriate training for children. […]
California Tree-Trimmer Charged With Serial Killing After Slashing Multiple Victims’ Throats
A Northern California tree trimmer was charged with slashing the throat of three people in a series of serial killings that resulted in the deaths of the victims, prosecutors said on Thursday. Authorities charged the suspect, 37-year-old Ryan Scott Blinston from Oroville, with murder, attempted murder, and arson, on Wednesday. The charges against the suspect […]